Hyderabad: Hussainsagar Lake is almost full as a result of the lake’s catchment area receiving 60 mm of rainfall in intermittent showers over the past 36 hours.
On Tuesday evening, the water level reached 513.32 m. Though full-tank level is 513.41 m, no warning has been issued by the authorities. As a precautionary measure, the irrigation department has opened the sluice gates which will serve to flush out the excess water.
Shekhar Reddy, superintendent engineer of the irrigation department, said, “There is no cause for worry as the gates will flush out excess water at 600 cusecs.” said. The flow of water into the lake reduced from 2,000 cusecs to 1,650 cusecs by the evening hours of Tuesday, when the there was a lull in the rains.
The Hussainsagar is not the only lake that is close to overflowing. Official sources say that 50 per cent of the lakes within the GHMC limits are filled to over 70 per cent of their capacity.
Water has reached alarming levels in the Kapra Lake and the Nagaram Cheruvu as well. The zonal commissioner of the east zone visited the fast-filling Kapra Lake to take cognizance of the situation. S. Pankaja, the deputy commissioner of Kapra, said, “At present, there is no danger. But if it rains for the next 24 hours, then lakes in the area may reach full-tank levels.”
According to Y.K. Reddy, the IMD chief for Hyderabad, the depression over West Bengal is expected to move towards Chhattisgarh. “In the next 24 hours, we will get slightly more rain than on Tuesday. The rain may not be heavy, but the number of spells will increase, thus bringing more rain to northern Telangana,” he said.
There has been no significant change in the water levels of the Himayatsagar and the Osmansagar.
