The construction of a barrage-cum-bridge being built across the Krishna river, near Gurjapur village in Raichur taluk, has been stopped after water was released from Basava Sagara (Narayanpur) reservoir to the river. The barrage is expected to meet the water requirements of RTPS and YTPS that require 2.5 tmcft and 2 tmcft water respectively for a year for seamlessly generating power from all their units. The project involves the construction of a barrage of 1180 meter length, 5.675 meter height and 194 gates that are three metres wide and three metres high. Once completed, the barrage can hold 0.46 tmcft of water. As many as 800 workers, including 300 civil construction workers and 400 centring workers, employed in the work have left for their hometowns in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra, after the work was suspended.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2016 12:00 UTC