Chennai’s wait for Krishna river water gets longer – India Krishna’s water supply to Chennai remains as elusive as ever, as it will take 10-15 days for the city to start receiving its share, said officials from the Water Resource Department (WRD).Though the two main reservoirs across Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh, Srisailam and Somasila, have crossed the mark of transferrable water levels, the third reservoir, Kandaleru is still not full. As on Wednesday, Kandaleru had stored 3.6 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water while 6.4 tmcft is needed to transfer water to the city. Officials said 6,000 cusecs of water is currently being routed from Somasila to Kandaleru reservoir. (LINK). HIWI042019-09-13T11:44:37+02:00