Srisailam Dam gates opened as Krishna floodwaters rise

Four crest gates of the Srisailam Dam—gates 6, 7, 8, and 11—were lifted on Tuesday to release floodwaters downstream, marking the season’s first gate opening. 

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu took part in the ceremonial event and performed the traditional Jala Harathi ritual to honour the river goddess.

With heavy inflows from upstream projects, the dam is nearing its full capacity. The Srisailam project,



located on the Andhra Pradesh–Telangana border, is currently holding around 200 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water, close to its gross storage capacity of 215.81 TMC.

As of Tuesday, the reservoir was receiving over 1.53 lakh cusecs of inflow, mainly from the Jurala project in Telangana and the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka. Before the gates were opened, outflows stood at 82,000 cusecs. Additional releases are now being managed through the spillway and powerhouse