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ACB officials said the tainted officials initially demanded Rs 2.5 lakh and accepted Rs 1.5 lakh as advance.

The State government had made a request to the NDSA for deputing its team for an end-to-end inspection of the Annaram barrage where fresh seepage was detected last week.

Three-member team of the Krishna River Management Board opined that works taken up by Andhra Pradesh at the RLIS site were in excess than needed

The project received inflows of only 14,500 cusecs till Wednesday, but since Friday it started getting inflows significantly facilitating officials to lift spillway gates to release water

Officials lifted the gates following heavy inflows into barrage from Maharashtra along with inflows from Pranahitha River joining the Godavari River