KARNATAKA

Water release stepped up

Special Correspondent

GULBARGA: The flood situation in the Krishna continues to be grim in Gulbarga district and traffic on the Kallur bridge thank links Gulbarga and Raichur was disrupted for the second day on Saturday due to flooding.

The authorities in the Narayanpur Dam in the Upper Krishna Project have stepped up the release of water to 2.71 lakh cusecs on Saturday.