In the wake of torrential rains in Maharashtra, the Babli project gates were lifted letting 90,000 cusecs of water flow into the Sri Ram Sagar Project on Friday.
As many as 14 gates of the project built across the Godavari in Dharmabad taluk of Nanded district were raised following the orders of the Central Water Commission.
CWC Executive Engineer Srinivas and SRSP Superintending Engineer Satyanarayana were present. Water reached Kandakurthi, the entry point of Godavari in Telangana by 3 p.m. after the gates were lifted. People expressed happiness with water flowing in river Godavari after several months. The river had gone completely dry in summer as there were no rains in the last two years. The authorities said that as of now there was 0.31 tmcf water in the Babli project.
