Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar receive steady inflows

The excess rainfall that the State, especially the capital region, has been receiving this monsoon is cascading into slow but steady inflows into the twin reservoirs of Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar. The two reservoirs, just like all the main reservoirs across Telangana, are witnessing a rise in water levels, with some being full to the brim. The continuous rains in the capital area and its surrounding districts have only strengthened the inflows into the Sagars, officials said.

On Friday, the water level in Himayat Sagar was 1,740 feet against the FRL of 1,763 feet while in Osman Sagar, it was 1,756.5 feet against its FRL of 1,790 feet. Over the past few days, the water level increased by 1.5 feet in both the reservoirs. Officials from the Hyderabad 

Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) say that if the rains remain same as they have been for the last few days, there could be more inflows into the reservoirs.

Water Board officials also made it clear that there would be no



dearth of drinking water in the city because the main sources of drinking water for Hyderabad, the Nagarjuna Sagar Project on River Krishna and the Yellampally project on River Godavari, were getting steady inflows and were expected to be filled to their capacities in a few days.

Meanwhile, the water level in Hussain Sagar, which crossed the Full Tank Level of 513.41m, has started to steadily recede. GHMC Lakes Wing officials said the water levels were recorded at 513.30m on Friday afternoon and were expected to recede further, provided there were no inflows during the next couple of days into the lake.

According to the India Meteorological Department, all the three districts in the Greater Hyderabad region, Rangareddy, Hyderabad and Medchal-Malkajgiri– have recorded excess rainfall this monsoon. For a normal rainfall of 340 mm between June 1 and August 19, Hyderabad recorded 540.9 mm while Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri recorded 467.5 mm and 491.3 mm respectively.