Reservoir received huge amounts of flood water from its catchment areasThanks to the bountiful rains, the floodgates of the historic Osmansagar reservoir have been lifted for the first time in a decade. Officials from the water board have informed that the flood gates of the Osmansagar were last lifted in 2010. Though water was released from the Himayatsagar last October when heavy rains caused floods across the city, gates of Osmansagar remained down. As of now, total five gates of the reservoir among the existing 17 have been lifted by a foot. Last year during October, 13 gates of Himayatsagar had to be lifted to release 15,000 cusecs of flood water.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2021 18:22 UTC