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Recording 1 of the highest discharges during the season, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs maintained a combined outflow of astir 26,000 cusecs connected Friday.
Maximum gates were besides successful operation: 12 gates of the full 15 gates were lifted to a tallness of 9 feet astatine Osmansagar and 9 of the full 17 gates were lifted to a tallness of 5 feet astatine Himayatsagar. The combined discharge till 3.30 p.m. was astir 15,000 cusecs. But 2 hours later, astatine astir 6 p.m., the inflows were a changeless 8,000 cusecs and the discharge gradually roseate to 10,600 cusecs and 14,400 cusecs respectively. The reservoirs were adjacent their afloat vessel levels – 1,789.20 versus 1,790 feet astatine Osmansagar and 1762.95 vs 1,763.50 feet astatine Himayatsagar.
In aftermath of the intermittent rains, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board managing manager K. Ashok Reddy instructed officials for adjacent monitoring of the catchment area. For the adjacent 2 day, leaves granted to each unit volition beryllium cancelled and officials successful the sections of Musi catchment were advised to beryllium vigilant, helium said. Officials said residents successful the catchment and on the banks were advised information arsenic the measurement of discharge would beryllium accrued gradually evening onwards.
In presumption of the rains, the State authorities besides decided to postpone the scheduled inauguration of Amberpet sewerage attraction works (STP) by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. The different facilities for inauguration see little capableness STPs Attapur, Mullakatwa Cheruvu, Shivalayanagar, Vennelagadda, and Palapitta, and instauration chromatic for caller STPs.
