"water-downstream"

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

High drama ensued as the villagers who noticed the water flooding the area alerted the officials, who tried in vain to open the canal gates to let out water downstream.

Current water level in reservoir is 1763.20 ft against Full Tank Level of 1763.5 ft