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A hyped event turns out to be damp squib
Over enthusiasm and wrong prediction of officials concerned over the inflows lead to release of water from Nagarjuna Sagar project through crust gates after four years of gap proved to be a flop show Actually the level of water reached 3008385 tmc at 58610 feet against full capacity of 312 04 tmc at 590 feet
Nagarjuna Sagar ( Nalgonda): Over enthusiasm and wrong prediction of officials concerned over the inflows lead to release of water from Nagarjuna Sagar project through crust gates after four years of gap proved to be a flop show Actually the level of water reached 300.8385 tmc at 586.10 feet against full capacity of 312 .04 tmc at 590 feet.
Whereas officials of NSP to get the undue credit with regard to the release of water at 11 tmc ( 301.87 tmc) short of full capacity of the reservoir 312 .04 is the main reason behind the flop show. Tourists from different parts of state thronged Nagarjuna Sagar to see the release of water from crust gates of the project but their happiness ended within three and half hours, as the lifted two gates were closed in the name of reduced inflow from Srissailam dam to 1,04,000 cusecs from 1,45,000 cusecs.
Further, the inflows to Sagar reservoir fell to 72,900 cusecs by the evening. Meanwhile, large number of tourists could not see the release of water from the crust gates of the project, as the lifting and closing of the gates completed before their arrival and majority of families returned to their homes in a disappointed mood due to officials over enthusiasm. On Sunday at about 9.30 am, Nalgonda MP Gutha Sukender Reddy along with NSP CE Madhusudan, TRS constituency incharge Nomula Narsimhaiah released 15,000 cusecs to downstream from the Sagar reservoir by lifting two crust gates of the project by 5 feet. Tourists and local people who witnessed the scene of release of water expressed their pleasure with claps and shouting’s.
As the clock ticked 1.30 pm, all of sudden officials concerned took a decision and closed the lifted two gates in the name of receding flood flow from Srisailam dam. By 5pm in the evening, water level in Sagar reservoir was 301.87 tmc at 586.70 against full capacity of 312.04 tmc at 590 feet. Inflow to Sagar reservoir is 72,900 cusecs whereas outflow to canals is 49,224 cusces and release of water through crust gates was nill.
