Around 1,000 cusecs of water are being released to irrigate standing crops planted under the canal downstream of the project. With the recent heavy rainfall, the water levels in LMD have risen to 22.371 TMC, nearing its full storage capacity of 24.034 TMC.
Karimnagar: Water from the Lower Manair Dam is being discharged through the Kakatiya canal. Since the project is getting huge inflows, irrigation officials released water from the LMD on Sunday evening.
About 1000 cusecs is being discharged to supply water to standing crops sowed under the canal downstream of the project. Water levels in LMD reached 22.371 TMC as against its storage capacity of 24.034 TMC since it is receiving adequate inflows following the recent heavy rainfall.
The project is getting inflows of 21,307 cusecs. While 19,900 cusecs is reaching the LMD from the Mid Manair Reservoir, 1000 cusecs is from the Moyathummeda river.
