Overview

• Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy conducted a site review at Jurala dam on June 28 and directed accelerated repair of damaged crest gates.
• One of the two rope cables on Jurala’s ninth crest gate snapped as inflows climbed above 50,000 cusecs, and eight of its 62 gates were found with broken cables and missing seals.
• Project engineers at Jurala insist the dam’s core structure is secure and capable of handling floods up to one million cusecs even as maintenance crews work through rising water levels.
• Principal Secretary Rahul Bojja approved a Rs 6.5 crore maintenance package for Manjira dam to strengthen its earth bund and repair spillway apron following an SDSO report flagging alarming wear.
• BRS leaders have criticized the Congress government for chronic maintenance backlogs and demanded transparent timelines and contractor accountability as monsoon inflows strain aging infrastructure.