Explained: How Karnataka's Tungabhadra Dam Gate Washed Away

Anticipating a potential threat from the Tungabhadra Reservoir in Karnataka's Vijayanagara district, Andhra Pradesh has issued a flood alert in low-lying areas.

One of the gates of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka was washed away this week due to the snapping of chain link.

A flood alert was sounded in downstream Koppal as authorities immediately opened all except five dam gates to take off the pressure on just one.

Anticipating a potential threat from the Tungabhadra reservoir in Karnataka's Vijayanagara district, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued a flood alert in low-lying areas of the Kurnool district.