Hyderabad, May 18 -- The National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) has warned of a potential threat to the structural stability of the 40-year-old Srisailam dam built on Krishna river if Andhra Pradesh government doesn't take damage control measures, both long-term and short-term.

A team of top officials of the NDSA led by its chairman Anil Jain visited Srisailam project site on April 29 and 30 to inspect the damages caused to the project over the years.

In a letter to special chief secretary (water resources) to the Andhra Pradesh government G Sai Prasad on May 5, the NDSA chairman pointed out various expert committees had inspected the Srisailam dam in the last 6-7 years, the last one being a joint inspection by a team of officials by NDSA...