The heavy rainfall on Friday night resulted in the city reservoirs showing a significant improvement in the inflows. With the improvement in water levels, pumping activity which was stopped at both Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs is now expected to be restarted. The Osmansagar reservoir saw an increase of 0.202 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet in gross storage, taking the water level to 1771 feet on Saturday. The water levels in Himayatsagar saw an increase of 0.079 TMC from Friday to Saturday.
Meanwhile, the gross storage of Osmansagar, Himayatsagar, Singur, Manjeera, and Akkampa-lly together reached 13.306 TMC on Saturday against the total capacity of 39.738 TMC in the reservoirs. However, the current storage is still much lower, compared with the water level in the reservoirs last year — which was 21.125 TMC. However, officials are positive, expecting more inflows. The water levels in the key reservoirs of Osmansagar and Hima-yatsagar have risen by two and three feet respectively. “The levels are improving and with a forecast of more rainfall in the next few days, it is good news for the city,” said Water Board official Jitendra Kumar.