Similarly, Nagarjuna Sagar has 283.59 tmc ft of water (90.88%) against a gross capacity of 312.05 tmc ft with an inflow of 1.02 lakh cusecs and an outflow of 15,386 cusecs.

Sudden rise of floods in the upstream Tungabhadra River has led to the TB Board authorities lifting 26 crest gates, thereby releasing 98,299 cusecs of water downstream on Saturday evening.