Archive · 29 May 2025
Jurala Project Discharges Flood Water in May Due to Early Rains
Imagine a big water tank called Jurala.
It's usually filled by rain.
This year, it rained much earlier than usual, filling the tank quickly.
Because the tank was getting too full, the people in charge had to let some water out, like opening a tap.
This doesn't usually happen until later in the year.
Other water tanks upstream are also filling up faster.
This year, there's much more water stored in these tanks compared to last year at this time.
The Jurala Project began discharging flood water in May, an unusual occurrence.
Heavy inflows, up to 1 lakh cusecs, were expected due to early monsoon rains.
Engineers discharged 82,000 cusecs of water to manage the reservoir.
Upstream projects in Karnataka also experienced good inflows.
Storage levels at Jurala and other projects were significantly higher compared to the previous year.
- Who
- Flood monitoring officials and engineers at Jurala Project.
- What
- Discharge of flood water from the spillway of the Jurala Project.
- When
- May 29, 2025.
- Where
- Jurala Project and upstream areas of the Krishna Basin in Karnataka.
- Why
- To maintain proper flood cushion in the reservoir due to early monsoon rains.
- Jurala Inflow (Thursday night)
- 50,000 cusecs (forecast to go up to 1 lakh)
- Jurala Spillway Discharge
- 82,000 cusecs initially, increased to 83,600 cusecs
- Jurala Storage (9 p.m.)
- 8.57 tmc ft (Full Reservoir Level: 9.6 tmc ft)
- Narayanpur Inflow
- 1,000 cusecs
- Tungabhadra Inflow
- 7,800 cusecs
- Almatti Inflow
- 60,400 cusecs
- Srisailam Storage (9 p.m.)
- 39.37 tmc ft (Full Capacity: 215.81 tmc ft)