Heavy rains better prospects of Singur, Nizamsagar dams getting surplus
The Hindu
Singur was getting a flood of 23,650 cusecs and Nizamsagar 17,990 cusecs till Sunday evening
Heavy rains in the local catchment areas as well as upstream areas in Karnataka and Maharashtra for the last couple of days have improved the prospects of Singur and Nizamsagar projects, which are yet to surplus this season, both based on Manjira river getting surplus over the next couple of days. As on Sunday evening (6 p.m.), Singur was getting a flood of 23,650 cusecs and Nizamsagar 17,990 cusecs bringing down their flood cushion to about 4 tmc ft and 5 tmc ft, respectively. Storage of Singur was 25.82 tmc ft against its capacity of 29.91 tmc ft and that of Nizamsagar was 12.93 tmc ft against its capacity of 17.8 tmc ft. According to superintending engineer of Sriramsagar project G. Srinivas, the spillway discharge of flood from the project was increased to about 1 lakh cusecs from 24 crest gates around 8.10 p.m. with the forecast of heavy flood reaching the reservoir from the upstream Maharashtra. Discharge of 37,440 cusecs from the spillway was on continuously from 9.10 p.m. on Saturday till it was increased to 1 lakh cusecs at 8.10 p.m. on Sunday.Chambers for new Ministers being spruced up at Andhra Pradesh Secretariat. Arrangements are also being made for the swearing-in ceremony of Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister. Authorities are also making arrangements for the conduct of the Legislative Assembly session to enable the MLAs-elect to take oath.
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