Storage in major reservoirs improves as flood continues
The Hindu
Steady inflows from upstream areas expected over the next few days as more rains are forecast
Flood into most of the Krishna Basin reservoirs in Karnataka and Telangana-Andhra Pradesh continued in a good measure on Sunday, improving the storage in large dams, while inflows into Godavari Basin reservoirs remained in a small measure. With Agumbe recording nearly 17.7 cm rain and Mahabaleshwar recording 7.8 cm rain during the 24-hour period till 8.30 a.m. Sunday, the inflows into upstream reservoirs such as Tungabhadra, Almatti and Narayanpur, all in Karnataka, are expected to remain steady and increase over the next few days as more rains are forecast. Inflows into Tugabhadra dam went up to 52,000 cusecs on Sunday evening with the storage approaching halfway mark (48.55 tmcft) against its capacity of 100.86 tmcft. Almatti and Narayanpur dams were getting over 52,200 and 60,000 cusecs of flood and discharging in the same measure.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.