Hyderabad: Due to heavy downpour at Shankarpally on Thursday, the Musi river flowed over the road and blocked the highway at Chevella and Shankarpally on Friday morning. The road was opened after a few hours, even as traffic jams were reported on the highway. This is the second time this year that the river has inundated the highway, after June 28.
Metro Water Board officials say that water will enter Osmansagar which is currently dry. “The current flow will not fill up the reservoir, if it continues for a few days, it will,” an official said. Musi originates from the Anantagiri Hills near Vikarabad and after a circuitous route through Hyderabad, flows into the Krishna river. In the city it flows through Puranapul, Chaderghat, Dabirpura, Amberpet and Uppal.
Rain raises hope for full reservoirs:
Emergency pumping of water at the Yellampally barrage on the Godavari to supply water to the city has been stopped, thanks to good rains. However it is continuing at Puttamgandi in Nagarjunasagar and will go on till the water level at the reservoir reaches 510 feet. Water stands at 503.7 feet now, and 10 emergency pumps have been installed to supply water to the city from the dead storage of the reservoir.
Though water from the Almatti dam in Karnataka has reached Jurala, heavy rain in upstream areas is needed before water is released to Srisailum and onward to Nagarjunasagar. “Anytime now, following a good downpour, we are expecting the water at Nagarjunasagar to rise,’’ said a Metro Water Board official.
The other four reservoirs supplying water to the city — Singur, Manjeera, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar — are still dry. If they get water, the Water Board will be able to improve supply to the city. As of now, the city is receiving 355 MGD from the Krishna phases 1, 2 and 3, and Godavari phase-1combined. “If the reservoirs fill up, we can supply more water to the surrounding municipalities of Hyderabad” the Metro Water Board official explained. The current inlet at Jurala on July 22 stands at 80,000 cusecs and the outflow is at 36,000 cusecs.
