Heavy rains and floods were reported in the erstwhile Medak district in the last 24 hours with huge inflows coming from the upstream and catchment areas. Three crest gates — 9, 10 and 11 — of Singur project were for lifted 2 metres on Saturday afternoon allowing a discharge of 34,490 cusecs of water while inflows were recorded as 35,618 cusecs.
Sangareddy Collector A. Sharath visited the project and took stock of the situation. “The Singur Project with a capacity of 29.917 tmcft is full and we have lifted two crest gates at around 10 a.m. and another gate was lifted at about 1 p.m. People in 17 villages under the project were kept on alert and were asked not to venture out into fields or to take out their cattle to graze. People in Medak and Kamareddy districts were also put on alert through their respective district authorities,” said Mr. Sharath adding that for the first time in recent history Singur project was filled in the month of July.
