Hyderabad rains: More gates of Osman Sagar opened, Hussain Sagar on the brim

Hyderabad: Following copious inflows from the heavy rains on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has opened four more gates of Osman Sagar on Saturday. Presently, six gates of the reservoir are open up to 3 feet. The water level at the reservoir on Saturday stood at 1,787.20 feet against a […]

Hyderabad: Following copious inflows from the heavy rains on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has opened four more gates of Osman Sagar on Saturday.

Presently, six gates of the reservoir are open up to 3 feet. The water level at the reservoir on Saturday stood at 1,787.20 feet against a FTL of 1,790 feet with 1,788 cusecs being the recorded outflow and 1, 600 cusecs inflow.

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Meanwhile, at Himayat Sagar, the water level was recorded at 1,760.70 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet and 330 cusecs was the recorded outflow and the inflow was 300 cusecs. Two gates of the reservoir are kept open.

The GHMC officials are also monitoring Hussain Sagar as the water level has crossed the FTL. The officials said there was no need to panic as the water level was decreasing gradually. The water level at Hussain Sagar was 513.69 m against the FTL of 513.41 m.

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