ERODE: With Mettur dam reaching its full capacity of 120 feet on Tuesday, CM MK Stalin on Tuesday ordered the release of water from the dam through the east and west canals. Officials from Water Resources Department said the quantity of water released was increased to 66,000 cusecs at 7 pm and to 81,500 cusecs at 8 pm on Tuesday. …
HYDERABAD: The dry spell in Telangana continued on Thursday, as the state, barring Kothagudem, Khammam, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Mahbubabad, Nirmal and Medak — which received 5 cm to 11 cm of rainfall on the day — received scanty rainfall. In the Godavari basin, the Sriramsagar project clocked a water level of 1066.6 feet and storage of 22.924 TMC ft on Thursday. …
KARIMNAGAR/WARANGAL: With the recent heavy rains in nearby Maharashtra, water from upstream is flowing into the barrages present under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme project in Peddapalli of the old Karimnagar district. The water storage level of Lakshmi barrage is currently 13.05 tmcs, compared to its full capacity of 16.17 tmcs. The water storage level at Saraswathi barrage is currently …
TIRUPATI: Heavy rains brought in by Cyclone Mandous have filled reservoirs of Tirumala to nearly their full capacity. The water levels reached in all five dams are sufficient to meet the requirements of the hill town for over 300 days, officials of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams disclosed. The current water level at Papavinasanam, the biggest of all Tirumala’s projects is …
