Hyderabad, July 29 -- With the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir nearing full capacity, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and SC and ST Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman on Tuesday forTELANGANA-NAGARJUNA SAGAR-MINISTERS
Telangana: Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir nears full capacity; Ministers release water downstream
Hyderabad, July 29 (UNI) With the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir nearing full capacity, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and SC and ST Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman on Tuesday formally released water downstream by lifting the crest gates.
Officials said 78,060 cusecs of water are currently being discharged through 14 gates opened to a height of five feet. The reservoir has been receiving heavy inflows due to upstream rains, with the...