Nine days of rainfall boosted Chennai’s drinking water reserves by 984.98 million cubic feet, taking combined storage to 5,470.66 mcft. The six reservoirs now hold 41.38 per cent of capacity, with Red Hills recording the largest increase
Telangana has preliminarily identified 358 drought-affected mandals, with critical groundwater levels in 324 and reservoir storage at 170 TMCft against 470 TMCft capacity. The government plans coordinated drought mitigation measures and will submit its list to the Centre by October 31
All crest gates of the Singur multipurpose project in Sangareddy were closed as inflows fell to 4,114 cusecs. The reservoir currently holds 16.623 TMCft, with storage capped at 16.5 TMCft on National Dam Safety Authority advice
