GUNTUR: With huge inflows adding to the present reserves, the state government on Saturday let off water from the Nagarjunasagar dam on Saturday. (Image: REUTERS)
Major irrigation minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah arrived at Nagarjunasagar along with IT minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and opened the gates to let out nearly one lakh cusecs from the dam.
Fourteen crest gates were lifted to a level of five-foot to release water to the downstream. This is the first time during the current season that water is being released from from Sagar.
All the reservoirs in the state are brimming with rain waters, in which Srisailam already touched the level of 884.9 ft against the full reservoir level of 895 ft. At Nagarjunasagar, the level reached 582 ft against the FRL of 590. Curiously, it was only 504 ft last year.
Meanwhile, the authorities in Krishna district too have let out nearly 70 thousand cusecs of water from Prakasam barrage into the sea following huge inflows from the upstream due to the heavy rains in the last three days.
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