Hyderabad water board closes gates of reservoirs

Hyderabad: With rains receding in the city and surroundings, the inflows into the twin reservoirs from upstream areas has dropped. Following this, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has closed one gate of Himayat Sagar and three gates of Osman Sagar. Presently, one gate of each reservoir is kept open. On August […]

Hyderabad: With rains receding in the city and surroundings, the inflows into the twin reservoirs from upstream areas has dropped. Following this, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has closed one gate of Himayat Sagar and three gates of Osman Sagar. Presently, one gate of each reservoir is kept open.

On August 31, two gates of Himayat Sagar were opened while four gates of Osman Sagar were lifted on September 4. The gates were lifted to drain the flood water into Musi and to keep water level in the reservoirs under control.

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HMWS&SB in a release said the water level at Himayat Sagar on Saturday stood at 1,762.15 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet. The reservoir capacity is 2.97 TMC and the water level was 2.63TMC. Meanwhile, at Osman Sagar the levels were recorded as 1,788.75 feet against the FTL of 1,790.00 feet. The reservoir capacity is 3.90 TMC and the water level is 3.61 TMC.

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