Progress in fixing stoplog elements in Pulichinthala Project

Officiala say they need to fix 11 stoplog elements in place of the washed away gate to stem the flowing water.

Suryapet: Engineers succeeded in fixing three stoplog elements in place of the washed away gate on Pulichinthala Project and efforts to install another eight stoplog elements are in progress .

Officiala say they need to fix 11 stoplog elements in place of the washed away gate to stem the flowing water.

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Closing of all gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project Friday evening  led to significant fall in inflow to Pulichintala project and helped the efforts of engineers to reduce the water level in it. It has facilitated the engineers to take up fixing of stoplog elements in place of washed away gate.

According to a bulletin released at 9 am,  inflow into Pulichintala Project was recorded at 15,498 cusecs and outflow at 58,356  cusecs.

Chinthalapalem witnessed mild tremors

Meanwhile, villages of Chinthalapalem mandal in the district experienced mild tremors for five seconds on Friday night, which created panic in the people of the area.

NGRI Scientist Dr Nagesh informed that an earthquake with 1.8 magnitude was recorded on a Richter scale setup at Mylavaram near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

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