4 gates of Nagarjuna Sagar lifted due to heavy inflows
Four gates of Nagarjuna Sagar project have been lifted to five-feet on Friday
Around 3.45 lakh cusecs of flood water is being into the project and 29,712 cusecs was discharged into the canals and downstream. At present, the water-level in the reservoir touched 583.20 feet as against the full reservoir level 590 feet.
Meanwhile, the water capacity 289.3600 tmc out of the total capacity 312.04 tmc.
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It was already notified that the police and Nandikonda municipal authorities denied permission for visitors to watch the water release from the project in view of of COVID-19 pandemic.
Project officials alerted people residing in the catchment areas of Krishna and Musi rivers have been alerted. They also asked the people and the fishermen not to venture into the waters as the flow is high.