ANANTAPUR: For the first time in its historical past, the Peruru dam in Ramagiri mandal of Satya Sai district used to be overflowing on Friday following heavy floods in Pennar from upstream areas of Karnataka and Hindupur.
Officers acknowledged six crest gates had been lifted to liberate 1,4000 cusecs into the river.
The a long time-extinct Peruru reservoir on Pennar had no sources to bear the dam up to now excluding from rainwater. The Karnataka govt cooperated with the converse within the diversion of Krishna water by Pennar river at Nadalamadaka in Pavagada taluk two years within the past. Heavy rains upstream of Pennar at its originating point in Nandi Hills and in Hindupur place resulted in heavy inflow to the river all by the early South West Monsoon season.
“Peruru dam used to be stuffed with corpulent unsuitable storage skill and 6 gates had been lifted to discharge water from the reservoir. The water level used to be maintained at 59feet with bigger than 1.60tmc-feet storage skill.
The 75-one year-extinct Good enough Murthy of Ramagiri mandal acknowledged his life’s ambition used to be to take into story the Peruru Dam overflowing. He waited for four a long time to take into story this.
Rapthadu MLA Prakash Reddy provided pooja at Peruru dam and hoped the dam can also benefit maximum storage even all by the summer by the pumping of Krishna water to it.
One more medium irrigation challenge, the BT in Gummagatta mandal, moreover purchased heavy inflow of floodwaters from Hagari river, from upstream Karnataka areas of Bellary district.
With fixed inflows of larger than 4,000 cusecs, the water storage level within the dam is being maintained at 2tmc-feet. Irrigation authorities sounded an alert to the oldsters of the low-lying areas of Hagari river, with a warning that the gates will be lifted to discharge water downstream. Water used to be later launched by the left and just monetary institution canals of the challenge to bear the tanks.
Parigi, one amongst the largest irrigation tanks in Rayalaseema, used to be overflowing as a result of heavy waft of rainwater from Jayamangali river. Twin carriageway access between Hindupur and Madakasira used to be misplaced after water submerged the foremost avenue. Heavy rains persisted in all parts of Anantapur, Kurnool and Sathya Sai districts.
Several irrigation tanks had been corpulent past skill and fears of breaches persisted.
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