Osmansagar gates lifted after a decade

Reservoir received huge amounts of flood water from its catchment areas

Thanks to the bountiful rains, the floodgates of the historic Osmansagar reservoir have been lifted for the first time in a decade. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board has informed that two of the 15 gates of the Osmansagar have been lifted by one foot to release 200 cusecs of surplus water into Musi river, as the reservoir has received huge amounts of flood water from its catchment areas. Officials from the water board have informed that the flood gates of the Osmansagar were last lifted in 2010. Though water was released from the Himayatsagar last October when heavy rains caused floods across the city, gates of Osmansagar remained down.