Jurala Floodwater Hits Hydel Project : 3 Months For Repairing

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Floodwater released from the Jurala Dam on Wednesday night inundated the Lower Jurala Hydel Power Station units under construction, leading to heavy damage to machinery and severely affecting power generation in three units, which were supposed to be operationalised from August 3.

 

Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco) chairman-cum-managing director Devulapally Prabhakara Rao who visited the spot on Thursday said that it would take a minimum of three months to take up repairs and commission the units for power generation.

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Mr Rao said that units 1, 2 and 3 were planned to be synchronised in August and all necessary measures had been tak-en to facilitate water filling of upstream intake and downstream TRC.

 

On Wednesday, floodwater from the dam was let into the upstream intake and downstream DT areas at around 6 pm.

 

After attaining an elevation of 297 metres on the upstream side at about 9 pm, TSGenco engineers and the contractor inspected for leakages. During the inspection, the leakages were found to be very negligible. 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 the Power House, all necessary evacuation measures were taken on a war footing and human loss was avoided. The downstream DT gate of Unit No. 4 was opened to avoid complete inundation of the Power House.

The electrical control panels in the power house were also saved from inundation.

 

The extent of damage to the power house would be known only after carrying out dewatering of Intake and power house areas, said Mr Rao.

The formation of earthen bund on the upstream side has been taken up immediately and the dewatering will be taken up after completing the same. The earthen bund and dewatering are expected to be completed in about five to six days, he added.

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