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No inflows into Upper Manair

Staff Reporter

Illegal constructions main reason

KARIMNAGAR: Even as the entire district received good amount of rainfall, the Upper Manair Dam (UMD) in the upland Narmal village of Gambhiraopeta mandal has not received any inflows into the project during the recent rains.

Thanks to the `illegal' constructions in the catchment areas of the UMD, especially Kudellivagu in the neighbouring Medak district and summer storage tanks in Nizamabad district, the UMD still remains.

Only source

The UMD, medium irrigation project, which is the only source of water for irrigation and drinking purposes of Sircilla and Nerella Assembly segments, was constructed by the Nizam's taking into consideration the main water source from the catchment area of Medak district through Kudellivagu. The full reservoir level of the project is 1,482 feet and provides irrigation facilities to 5,296 hectares in the region. Besides, the surplus waters flow into the Lower Manair Dam (LMD) on the outskirts of Karimnagar town.

The LMD provides irrigation and drinking water to Karimnagar and Warangal. But, with illegal constructions in neighbouring districts, there is no catchment area for the projects.

With the illegal construction of check dams and feeder channels in Medak district on the Kudellivagu, the inflows into the UMD were stopped in the year 2000.

The district authorities have made several pleas in this regard to the State Government, but in vain.

Inflows from SRSP

The only saving grace is that the LMD is receiving inflows from the SRSP through Kakatiya canal with the release of about 6,500 cusecs of water from Wednesday night.

The LMD reservoir would reach its full capacity of 22 tmcft if the water from the SRSP project is released for another 20 days. On the other hand, the SRSP authorities have released about 2 lakh cusecs of surplus water into the Godavari river into the sea.

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