Nagarjuna Sagar dam maintenance works nearing completion

Once the spillway works are completed, the project would be ready to handle the upcoming flood season effectively

Hyderabad: Annual maintenance works on the Nagarajuna Sagar dam and its 26 crest gates are nearing completion. Major tasks including the overhauling and sealing of all 26 crest gates have been completed. Trial runs of the gates and greasing of their ropes are currently in progress.

The repair work on the major components of the dam is expected to be completed by the end of next week.

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With rainfall occurring in the Krishna river basin and floodwaters flowing into upstream reservoirs like Srisailam, there is a possibility of water reaching the Nagarjuna Sagar dam downstream by the last week of July. The dam maintenance team has stepped up the pace of these mandatory tasks.

Speaking on the occasion, Nagarjuna Sagar Superintending Engineer Mallikarjuna Rao said that the annual maintenance works of the 26 crest gates will be completed soon. He said that the lighting works in the gallery stretches of the dam were in progress.

Proposals related to spillway maintenance have been submitted and they would be completed by the end of July. Once the spillway works are completed, the project would be ready to handle the upcoming flood season effectively.