Lifting of Godavari water from Medigadda barrage through Kannepalli pump house continued for the fourth day on Monday with the project engineers running three motors to pump 6,900 cusecs of water and send it to Annaram barrage.
According to the project authorities, motors one, two and six are being operated now to pump the flood upstream of the river and build the level in Annaram barrage.
Water lifted
So far, over one tmc ft of water has been lifted to build the level in Annaram so that the pump house at Siripuram could be operated to lift the water back into Sundilla barrage.
Project officials stated that the flood at Kaleshwaram in the Godavari was recorded at around one lakh cusecs with the entire quantity coming from the tributary Pranahitha.