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Four sand tractors were trapped in the Manair river near Oded village in Mutharam mandal after a sudden surge in water discharge from the Lower Manair Dam. The drivers climbed onto the vehicles and raised an alarm, prompting a swift rescue by local police.

Authorities lifted two floodgates of the Lower Manair Dam in Karimnagar on Tuesday to release 4,000 cusecs of water downstream, as inflows reached 8,000 cusecs. With water levels nearing full capacity, the move was aimed at managing pressure on the reservoir.

With storage in the Lower Manair Dam rising to 22 TMC following rains and inflows from the Sripada Yellampalli project, irrigation officials released water into the Kakatiya canal on Wednesday. MLA Kavvampally Satyanarayana and officials formally launched the release

The Irrigation Department’s eviction notices to residents near the Lower Manair Dam sparked political backlash in Karimnagar. BRS MLA Gangula Kamalakar visited affected colonies and vowed support, questioning the move and warning against HYDRAA-style demolitions in the district

Former MLA Sunke Ravishankar warned of protests during Ministers’ visits in Karimnagar, alleging the Congress government ignored farmers’ demand for irrigation water. He urged the government to release water to save withering paddy crops and fill key reservoirs

Two residents of Karimnagar drowned in Lower Manair Dam while fishing near Alugunur on Wednesday. One slipped into the water and the other drowned while trying to save him. Police retrieved the bodies and registered a case based on family’s complaint

They were planted as part of the third phase of Haritha Haram near Lower Manair Dam; while a few trees have grown on their own, many have withered completely

The reason behind the State's push to embark on the tough exercise is the huge potential in terms of revenue from sand to be extracted from both the projects

Besides Karimnagar town, 494 habitations in three segments are also supplied drinking water from LMD under the Mission Bhagiratha scheme. These habitations are also likely to face hardships for drinking water as summe sets in.

Karimnagar MLA Gangula Kamalakar demanded the state government to fill Lower Manair Dam by lifting water from Kaleshwaram project and solve the drinking water problems of Karimnagar town

Political leaders and farmers associations allege that officials released water from the projects without any planning whenever public representatives sought for water

As family members expressed doubts over the incident, Karimnagar police registered the case as suspicious death and began investigation

The substantial cumulative inflows into reservoirs in the Krishna and Godavari basins reflect a positive water situation compared to the previous year

Every day, 4000 cusecs of water will be released up to Suryapet for seven days

Advising people to celebrate the New Year in a peaceful manner without creating law and order problems, he said all precautionary measures were taken to avert any untoward incidents.

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has already prepared the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up a 300 MW solar plant on Lower Manair Dam

Officials have expressed concerns that there would be no water supply for Rabi crops under the project, except for pockets where reservoirs linked with KLIS are left with little surplus after supporting Kharif ayacut for another 45 days.

Project is getting the inflow of 3,000 cusecs from Mid Manair Reservoir. Equal quantity of water is being discharged. LMD has 23.903 tmc of water as against its storage capacity of 24 tmc.

Around 1,000 cusecs of water are being released to irrigate standing crops planted under the canal downstream of the project. With the recent heavy rainfall, the water levels in LMD have risen to 22.371 TMC, nearing its full storage capacity of 24.034 TMC.

Major irrigation projects such as Sripada Yellampalli, Mid Manair, Lower Manair as well as minor irrigation sources such as tanks, ponds and others are filled with bountiful amounts of water