 During the drought year 2015, the inflows into the reservoir were very meagre due to failure of rains in the catchment area.However nearly 36 tmcft dead storage water available in the reservoir could not be used for the dire needs.With minor external modifications to the exiting reversible hydro turbine unit, all the dead storage water can be put to use during the drought years by using the hydro power plant for pumping water into the nearby left canal.