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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Ramesh Susarla

Andhra Pradesh: 1.36 lakh cusecs released from Tungabhadra Dam

The inflows to the Tungabhadra Dam at Munirabad in Karnataka remained at 87,193 cusecs on Thursday evening, and the water released from 30 gates from the dam (1.36 lakh cusecs at 6 p.m.) was likely to reach the Sunkesula Barrage on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border by midnight.

The engineers lifted 10 gates of the Sunkesula Barrage, which has a storage capacity of 0.55 tmc ft. While 37,000 cusecs was being discharged from Sunkesula, 550 cusecs was being released through the KC Canal.

The inflows from the Tunga and the Bhadra rivers to the Tungabhadra Dam continued to be above 80,000 cusecs since Tuesday.

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