Jurala gates opened first time this year

Three crest gates of the Priyadarshini Jurala Project in Gadwal-Jogulamba district were lifted at 7 a.m. on Friday, for the first time this water year (starting June 1) to let over 14,660 cusecs of water into Krishna river, improving the prospects of Srisailam, facing one of the worst years of water shortage, getting water. The flood monitoring officials at Jurala told The Hindu that two gates were lifted to one-metre height and one gate...