2.51 Lakh Cusecs Discharged From Prakasam Barrage

Vijayawada: Nearly 2.51 lakh cusecs of water from Krishna river is being discharged into the sea from Prakasam barrage at 9.00 pm on Friday. According to water resources authorities, the Krishna River is getting an inflow of 2.66 lakh cusecs of water from upstream projects from 5.00 pm onwards and it remained steady at that quantum of water even at 9.00 pm showing a slight fall in the inflows as at 5.00 pm, the river received 2.77 lakh cusecs at 9.00 am.

As the quantum of inflows is dwindling, there is a sigh of relief to the people living along the river course downstream. However, the officials are on alert to avoiding any untoward incident.