Flood waters inundate Jurala Power House
Hyderabad, July 31 (INN): Heavy inflows of flood water have inundated the Lower Jurala Hydro Electric Power House at Atmakur of Mahabubnagar district.
According to Telangana GENCO Chairman and Managing Director Prabhakar Rao, the construction works of Lower Jurala Hydro Electric Power House (6x40 MW) were in progress. All the Civil and E&M works in respect of Units 1 & 2 were completed during the last monsoon season and Units 1 to 3 were planned to be synchronized in August 2014.
In this process, all the necessary measures were taken to facilitate water filling of upstream intake and downstream TRC and the flood water from PJP dam was let in to the upstream intake and downstream DT areas on Wednesday at around 6 pm.
"After attaining an elevation of 297.00 m on upstream side at about 9.00 pm all the concerned engineers from TSGENCO and the contractor were inspecting from inside of Power House to find any leakages and to take immediate measures.
The leakages during the inspection were found to be very negligible up to 10.05 pm. But at about 10.05 pm, a sudden gush of water was observed through the upstream gates of Unit. No.4.
Immediately after forecasting the danger of inundation of Power House, all the necessary evacuation measures were taken up on war footing basis and human loss was avoided. The downstream DT gate of Unit No.4 was opened to avoid complete inundation of Power House. Further, the Electrical control panels in the Power House were also kept safe from inundation," he said.
The officials said that the extent of damage occurred to the Power House would be known after carrying out dewatering of Intake and Power House areas. The formation of earthen bund on upstream side has been taken up immediately and the dewatering will be taken up immediately after completing the earthen bund. The earthen bund and dewatering are expected to be completed in about 5 to 6 days.
The Chairman and Managing Director along with the Adviser and Chief Engineers reached Jurala in the early hours of Thursday and restoration works have been speeded up. "Every effort is being made to bring back the two units in the shortest possible time," the officials said.
News Posted: 31 July, 2014
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