Kurnur:With the Sunkesula reservoir almost full, it is unlikely that the city of Kurnur will face any drinking water shortage this year in this year.
The main source of water in the city is the reservoir, and currently, the annual demand for Kurnool is 1.5 TMC feet. In addition, municipal officials have confirmed that there is sufficient inventory to ensure uninterrupted water supply to the city.
More than 95% of households in the city rely on drinking water from municipal companies. Last year, due to resource depletion, officials had to pump water from the Gajuladinne project, which is above 70 kilometers high, despite the low water level. It holds only 1.47 TMC feet of water and its total capacity is 4.5 TMC feet.
The Sunkesula Barrage itself is completely dry due to rainfall and high temperatures. At one time, it only maintained 0.030 TMC feet at its full capacity of 1.2 TMC feet, which forced officials to supply water every five days in many colonies.
The city’s daily requirement is 70-75 MLD (million liters per day). But the authorities can only manage 50-55 MLDs at the peak of the crisis. The Tongadra River is dry too.
Learning from last year’s challenges, officials took positive action and filled the Sunkesula reservoir with 1.2 TMC feet ahead of schedule this year. “With this storage, there will be no drinking water problems for the next 7-8 months. It is not a problem to manage even during severe summer months,” said a senior official at the water plant of the citizen agency.
Currently, Sunkesula, built on the Tungabhadra River, is filled with water even in mid-May. This aspect is attributed to the proper utilization of the share allocated to the state from the Tonga Dela Dam. Officials said it is still possible to receive another 1 TMC of water.
Naresh, deputy executive engineer of the municipal government, confirmed that the city of Kurnur will not encounter any drinking water problems this year due to its large amount of water reserves.
