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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

MMD is receiving an inflow of 7,222 cusecs, with 6,300 cusecs coming from the Yellapally project and 922 cusecs from the Manair river, Mulavagu, and other sources. The project currently holds 18.15 TMC of water, compared to its total storage capacity of 27.54 TMC.

The SRSP storage level reached 45 TMC out of its gross capacity of 80.50 TMC. Inflows to the project increased from 18,500 cusecs to 22,000 cusecs over the past two days. Meanwhile, the Nandi Medaram pump house continued operations for the eighth day, drawing about 13,000 cusecs from the Yellampalli project.

Despite continuous rainfall during the last few days, the water bodies have not received adequate inflows. Besides rivulets in their catchment areas, SRSP is the major water source for LMD and MMD.

Works still pending even after three and half years with Tourism Department allegedly not taking any initiative to complete them

Last year, there was no shortfall for irrigable water since all major irrigation projects were brimming after adequate rainfall was recorded.

Local people rushed to the spot and fished out bodies from the waters. Police began an investigation by registering the case.

Officials informed that water release was stalled in the wake of drinking water scarcity in Karimnagar town.

MLA along with Mayor Y Sunil Rao, former MP B Vinod Kumar and others examined depleted water levels in Lower Manair Dam in the outskirts of Karimnagar town on Sunday.

Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar emphasized that spreading propaganda about water scarcity in Karimnagar was inappropriate.

Prabhakar assured the supply of continuous water to paddy and irrigated dry (ID) crops and advised the farmers to give top priority for the cultivation of ID crops