Minister Raja Narasimha Releases Water from Singuru Reservoir

Hyderabad: With the water level reaching the full capacity of Singur Reservoir, Minister for Health Damodar Raja Narasimha lifted two gates of the dam and released water into downstream in Sangareddy district on Thursday.

Prior to lifting the gates, Raja Narasimha along with District Collector Kranthi Valluri performed puja at the dam site. Later, the Minister lifted two gates- No. 4 and 6 by 1.50 meters and released 16,284 cusecs of water into the downstream. At present, there is a water storage of 28.55 TMC in the reservoir.

Raja Narasimha said that as the Singuru reservoir is now at the full capacity, farmers need not worry about their future as water will be available for the next two crops in the aycut area of the Singur dam.

Later, the Minister visited a tourism park situated at near the dam and assured that he would take steps for improving facilities.