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Tirumala Reservoirs Replenished After Heavy Rains

Tirupati: The Tirumala hill region has witnessed incessant rains over the past few days, resulting in significant inflows in its primary water reservoirs. The Papavinasanam Dam is near its FRL of 697.14 metres, with a current level of 697.00 metres and 5,192.54 lakh gallons stored out of a 5240.00 lakh gallon capacity. The Akasha Ganga Dam, slightly below its FRL …

Heavy Rains

TIRUPATI: Heavy rains brought in by Cyclone Michaung over past three days have filled major reservoirs in Tirupati and Chittoor districts to the brim, alleviating concerns of water scarcity. According to these district administrations, water level at Kalyani dam, a crucial storage facility, stands at 871.30 feet against its full reservoir level of 900 feet. Water level in Mallemadugu reservoir, …

Heavy rains bring copious waters to Tirumala reservoirs

The incessant rains that pounded Tirumala town in the past two days have brought copious amounts of water to the reservoirs in the area. Papavinasanam dam, the biggest source of drinking water in the area, is just short by two meters to reach its Full Reservoir Level of 697.14 meters and the water level at Gogarbham dam is 2,889 feet …

Srisailam at full storage level amid heavy rains

ANANTAPUR: The Srisailam reservoir got filled to its full capacity due to arrival of floodwaters from upstream reservoirs and the Krishna river bed on Friday. Further, timely heavy rains during the South West Monsoon added the additional quantum to fill Srisailam early in the season. A sudden rise in the inflows from downstream areas due to heavy rains was recorded …

Rains batter TS for 5th day; Projects, tanks brimming with water

Hyderabad: Heavy rains battered several parts of the state for the fifth consecutive day on Monday. Out of total 43,870 tanks in the state, about 8,107 received surplus water due to incessant rains in the last five days. The water level in the Mid Manair project increased to 1011 feet against FRL of 1043 feet. Similarly, the water level at …

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Telangana

Hyderabad: Incessant rains have created havoc in several districts in the state on Friday, killing two persons in a wall collapse incident in Nalgonda district while a man was washed away in Bhadadri district on Friday. At the Kaddam dam, the water level touched 693 feet as against 700 feet of actual full reservoir level. At the Nizam Sagar, the …