Tirupati: Dams at Tirumala receives copious inflows amid incessant rains

The incessant rains from the past one week saw the water level in the reservoirs going up resulting in the dams reaching 85 percent of their total storage capacity. The water received in the reservoirs is suffice to meet the water needs of Tirumala for the next 300days, said Additional EO AV Dharma Reddy.

After a spot inspection of the Papavinasam dam along with Engineering officials, the TTD Additional EO said all the reservoirs of Tirumala were 85% full in the July rains itself and he observed that the unexpected rains in July was the result of Virataparva Parayanam conducted by TTD which is underway seeking good rains and prosperity.

He was hopeful that the Sundarakanda Parayanam is being performed at the Nada Niranjanam platform in front of Srivari temple would also soon bring relief to humanity from the pandemic Corona virus. Normally, Reddy said Tirumala receive good rainfall from October to December months but this time in July itself Tirumala received good rains.

Elaborating on the quantity of water available in different dams he said, due to the recent rains Kumaradhara has reached 98% of it's storage capacity, Pasupudhara 95%, Akasaganga 30% Gogarbham 50% while Papavinasam dam full to its capacity.

As more rains are being anticipated in the coming days, the flood gates of the Papavinasam dam were opened and water is released from the dam on Saturday night.

The dam is providing 30 lakh gallons of water daily to meet the requirements of the hill top temple town. TTD Water Works EE Srihari and other officials were present.