NALGONDA: The Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) has received a record inflow of 14.1 lakh cusecs on Saturday, the highest in its 53-year history.
With heavy inflows from Srisailam Project (SRSP) continuing to flow in, officials estimate the volume of water to rise to 15 lakh cusecs.
The NSP was designed to discharge a maximum of 15.35 lakh cusecs. According to officials, Saturday’s outflow from NSP was 9.3 lakh cusecs.
The previous record was an inflow of 7.35 lakh cusecs in 1998. Then the outflow was 7.99 lakh cusecs.
Meanwhile, A J Narasimha (45) of Damara Bheemana Palle, who was crossing a stream on his bicycle, was washed away near Chanduru.
Officials evacuated around 200 families from Kacharachapalle and Guvvalagutta hamlets in Chinnampet mandal and another 100 families from Gundlapalle near Pulichintala project. As many as 15 villages are under threat of submergence.
Officials said 148 houses were completely damaged and 430 houses partially.
Paddy and cotton crops were damaged in around 5,000 acres in Devarakonda, Chandampet and Dindi mandals
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