Storage in major reservoirs improves as flood continues

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.