Flood discharge reduced at Nagarjunasagar
The Hindu
Outflows reduced in view of reduced inflows from Srisailam
After operating 22 gates to discharge a maximum 3.52 lakh cusecs into the downstream Krishna river on Monday, officials at Nagarjunasagar Project gradually closed the gates to reduce the discharge so as to fill up the reservoir on Tuesday. From 22 gates which were lifted to a height of 10 feet each, the number was initially brought down to 18 and the outflow was maintained same as the inflow at 2.95 lakh cusecs. By noon, 14 of the gates were gradually closed down and the discharge was further regulated to about 95,000 cusecs through just four gates.More Related News