Hyderabad Begins Precautionary Releases From Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar on Orange Alert
The water board is lowering storage as a precaution under an orange rain alert, with releases expected to reach about 5,000 cusecs this evening.
Overview
- HMWSSB initiated controlled discharges from the twin reservoirs on Saturday after the IMD issued an orange rainfall alert.
- HMWSSB Managing Director K Ashok Reddy inspected both sites and asked revenue and other line departments to maintain vigilance.
- Early actions included raising four gates at Osman Sagar by 2 feet to release about 920 cusecs and lifting one gate at Himayat Sagar by 3 feet to release about 1,017 cusecs.
- By 3 pm, outflows reached roughly 2,028 cusecs at Osman Sagar and 2,000 cusecs at Himayat Sagar, with three gates open at Osman Sagar and two at Himayat Sagar.
- Official 3 pm readings reported Osman Sagar at 1789.40 ft with 300 cusecs inflow and Himayat Sagar at 1763 ft with 400 cusecs inflow.