Thanks to copious rains all the major hydro power generation projects in Andhra Pradesh are running at full capacity. The AP Power Generation Corporation has generated a 339.27 million units in July this year which is a record, more than double that of 156.56 mu during the same month previous year.
In the state, 59.93 mu was generated from hydel units on August 7 against 3.96 mu on the same day last year. Encouraged by the significant inflows into the rivers, the power utilities are eyeing generation to cross 6,755 mu through hydro projects this year.
The state's two major projects -- Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar -- received inflows to the tune of 3.81 lakh cusecs and 2.92 lakh cusecs respectively on August 7 and power was being generated at the optimum level from the two projects after a gap of more than four years.