The Irrigation Department will lift the crest gates of the Singur multipurpose project and restrict water storage to 22 TMCft following a safety warning from the Dam Safety Review Panel. Farmers may face shortages due to reduced reservoir capacity
As heavy floods to the Jurala project in Jogulamba Gadwal district continued for the third day, project authorities on Sunday lifted 17 of its 62 flood gates letting off over one lakh cusecs.