Keeping in view of flood coming from Nagarjuna Sagar and catchment areas, the Water Resources Department (WRD) officials have released 4.35 lakh cusecs of flood waters from the Pulichintala project. The project authorities lifted 17 gates to a height of 3.5 feet to discharge the flood.
For the first time this season, 17 gates of Pulichintala Project were lifted and flood water was discharged on Thursday. The WRD officials are expecting that flood may reach the Prakasam Barrage by midnight of Thursday.