14 gates of Pulichintala project lifted to release water

Guntur: After heavy inflow of water, irrigation authorities raised 14 gates of the Pulichintala project to declare water on Sat..

Awhile the project’s complete capability is 46 Thousand Mln Cubic Ft (TMC), the water level approached 35 TMCs by this afternoon.

The project got 2.10 lakh cusecs water from that Nagarjuna Sagar project within the upper region. Authorities declared 2.46 lakh cusecs from that project downwards.

The authorities cautioned the citizens of regions in villages like Muktyala, Ravirala in Jaggaiahpet mandal, that lie within the way of the declared water.