Flash flood alert issued at Prakasam Barrage and downstream areas of Pulichintala project

Outflow at Pulichintala increases as officials try to install stop log to a failed gate

A flash flood alert has been issued at Prakasam Barrage and areas downstream K.L. Rao Sagar Pulichintala Project as one of the 24 radial gates of the latter failed to work due to technical issues in the early hours of Thursday. Following the continuous flood in the Krishna during the past several days, the while officials were trying to lift it at around 3 a.m. on Thursday. This caused free flow of the floodwater downstream, forcing authorities to lift other gates to reduce pressure on the dam and arrange a stop log on the failed gate. To install a stop log the water level in the reservoir, which has a storage capacity of 45.77 tmcft, had to be brought down and released to Prakasam Barrage whose storage capacity is 3.07 tmcft.