Twenty-two Nagarjunasagar crest gates lifted

Heavy discharge of flood continues at N’Sagar; flood to upstream dams receding steadily

Heavy discharge of flood, in an increased measure, is going on at Nagarjunsagar dam in spite of it receding steadily at the upstream reservoirs – Almatti, Narayanpur, Jurala, Tungabhadra and Srisailam. After lifting the 14 crest gates of Nagarjunasagar for 5 feet height each on Sunday evening to commence spillway discharge of about 1.09 lakh cusecs, it was increased to nearly 1.75 lakh cusecs around before midnight by increasing the vent of 10 gates to 10 ft height each. Later, around 1 am on Monday, it was further increased to over 3.18 lakh cusecs by lifiting 8 more gates and keeping the vent of all gates at 10 ft height each.