All the 26 crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project were lifted on Thursday.

HYDERABAD :Nalgonda: All the 26 crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project were lifted on Thursday. It was second time lifting of all gates of NSP after formation of Telangana state.A beautiful scenic picture was presented at the project with the lifting of all gates. NSP Chief Engineer Srikanth Rao has formally launched the lifting of the gates by pressing a switch in control board.The inflow to the project was recorded as 4,38,446 cusecs and combined discharge from all was gates was 3,36,672 cusecs. The water level in the project touched 588 feet as against full reservoir level of 590 feet. The current water storage in the project was recorded as 306.1 tmcs as against gross storage capacity of 312 tmcs.

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