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Hyderabad’s reservoirs have reached full capacity following bountiful rains, easing water scarcity fears. The HMWSSB issued flood alerts for Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar, while officials assured that uninterrupted water supply would continue through summer for over 12 lakh consumers

The Sri Vana Durga Bhavani Temple at Edupayala, Medak, has been closed due to flooding in the Manjeera river following water release from the Singur reservoir. Authorities advised the public to stay away until inflows recede and rituals are completed.

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

BRS leader KT Rama Rao blamed the Congress government for neglecting repair work on Manjeera barrage despite warnings, calling it a serious threat to Hyderabad's water supply. He warned of a man-made disaster if urgent measures were not taken

Gayathri, mother of the six-month-old girl, allegedly threw the infant into the river Manjeera at Sri Chamundeshwari Devi temple in Chilipiched mandal of Medak, with the help of her father Rathla Deepla and her aunt Bhuli

The affected areas include Beeramguda, Aminpur, Miyapur, Deeptisrinagar Colony, KPHB, Nizampet, Hydernagar, Erragadda and Moosapet

Gnaneshwar planted 1,000 trees at Edupayala Temple in Medak district besides throwing 8,000 seed balls along the river bank with the support of the forest department. He along with some volunteers collected a tractor load of plastic in the river Manjeera at Edupayala in a day.

While Shyam and his mother were proceeding towards Bujarampet, he stopped the bike and jumped into river Manjeera. Balamani also jumped into the river after him.

The mother-son duo has been identified as Vadla Balamani (45) and Vadla Shyam (28), residents of Chintakunta village. The police are trying to retrieve the bodies.

The project aimed to provide irrigation water to 2,900 acres in Manoor mandal was taken up with an outlay of Rs 4.35 crore

Farmers who interacted with the BRS leaders vowed to sacrifice their lives if government forced them to hand over their land.

The farmers said 85 per cent of 2,003 acres identified for the proposed pharma hub were fertile lands on which they were cultivating two to three crops every year.

Manjeera is home to more than 300 bird species, including 117 international and national migrants.

Though the Singur reservoir, built upstream of Nizam Sagar, was not filled to the brim until now, the Nizam Sagar is receiving heavy inflows owing to heavy rains in Sangareddy and Medak districts.

The experts from six South Indian states, and the Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change (MoEF), who arrived at Hyderabad to participate in a two-day workshop, visited the wildlife sanctuary.

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, more commonly known as the Ramsar Convention, is an international agreement promoting the conservation and wise use of wetlands. It is the only global treaty to focus on a single ecosystem

Though the district received relatively less rainfall compared to other districts in the State, the rains saved the crops that had started withering a week ago.

When farmer Manne Lingaiah (65) lost hope of getting rain after an extended dry spell, he hired a water tanker by spending Rs.2,000 on each trip to save his paddy nursery.

Since Manjeera Dam, constructed across river Manjeera near Sangareddy, was declared as a breeding centre for mugger crocodiles in 1978, the population has swelled to over 170 according to a survey carried out by the Forest department in 2017.

During the first five months seven people drowned. Since there was no monitoring of the movement of devotees, the drowning incidents have become a regular feature here.