Kurnool, August 24: With the catchment areas in Tunga and Bhadra witnessing heavy rains in Karnataka, the Tungabhadra river is receiving massive inflow of flood waters at Hospet dam.
Following heavy flow of water, the irrigation officials at Hospet have lifted 22 flood gates and discharged 66,000 cusecs of water downstream on Monday.
In the wake of Tungabhadra River being in spate, Kurnool Collector Ram Shankar Nayak on Monday convened a review meeting with irrigation officials of dam and discussed the flood threat to the district.
However, the officials told the collector there was no cause for worry. The collector asked the officials to review the water situation on hourly basis and inform the district administration over the steps.
The Collector directed Revenue Department officials and police to rehabilitate people staying in low-lying areas to safer places.
Meanwhile, the irrigation engineers at Priyadarshini Jurala project in Mahabubnagar district on Monday lifted 11 gates to discharge 44,000 cusecs of water as river Krishna is in spate.
The Mahabubnagar Collector appealed to people staying in low-lying areas to move to safer places.
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