Hydel generation from irrigation projects in power-starved Telangana picked up on Friday with Srisailam alone producing ten million units as gushing waters from the Jurala project upstream increased its capacity. Srisailam received an inflow of 93,624 cusecs as water let out from Jurala steadily increased its storage to 841 ft against the full reservoir level of 885 ft. One unit of 150 MW in the 900 MW pump house on the left bank canal and two units of 110 MW each out of a total installed capacity of 770 MW on the right bank canal generated 10 million units during the day, according to Telangana Generation Corporation Chairman and Managing Director D. Prabhakar Rao. The outflow from Srisailam after generation ...

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