Lifetime: Water released into the Kandaler-Poondi canal will be used for drinking and irrigation in tirupati and kalahasti before Chennai. | Photo Credit: Photos used only for representative purposes.
chennai is set to receive water Krishna from Andhra Pradesh in the first hours of Friday after the offer was briefly stopped for repair work.
According to the WRD department (WRD), the water released from the Kandaler reservoir probably got to the Tamil Nadu border on Thursday evening or in the first hours of Friday. The Andra Pradesh authorities suspended the city of water supply with regard to the repairs, which were carried out at the gate of the Kandaler Poondi Canal curse near Kalahasti. Krishna water was a vital source of drinking water needs in Chennai, especially at the top of the summer.
Reservoir poondi in the Truvallur district, which stored water from Andhra Pradesh and transferred to Red Hills Reservoir, ceased to receive the influx of Krishna water from April 24th. WRD officials said that officials Andhra Pradesh released water as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised, as promised Almost 44,000,000 million cubic traces of water. The Andra Pradesh authorities on Wednesday increased water discharge to 1,170 cubic feet per second (CUSEC).
“The water flow is slow due to the dry channel. It reached 70 km of the channel between Venkatagiri and Kalahasti. It must travel 82 km more to reach Tamil’s over the boundary of Kandaler-Pondi (KP) Canal in Uhukottai. Andhra Pradesh said he said the official flow.” Before reaching Chennai, the KP would be used for drinking and irrigation in Tirupati and Kalahasti.
Krishna’s water increased the storage of city reservoirs by 600 MCFT for one month from 29 March. The WRD expects to get water by the end of June to fill its main water points this year and maintain water supply. Chennai Metrowater continues to provide 1,087 million liters of water a day.
Five tanks in the Truvallur district, which largely supply drinking water to Chennai, have a combined storage of 64.40% of their total capacity of 11,757 MCFT. Tank Veeranam in the Cuddalore district complements the water distribution.
Published – May 8, 2025 12:23
