 It took a huge leap during 1995–2004 with the commissioning of Krishna river water project (Phases I – III) at a total cost of over ten thousand crores to supply an additional 190Mgd to Hyderabad from Nagarjuna sagar away from the Krishna Delta and the Kolleru lake.The project incurs an additional evaporation and leakage loss of 64 Mgd.About 30% of the water naturally flowing to Krishna Delta before 1995 is now diverted to Hyderabad.