The 71-year-old Tungabhadra Dam in Hospet, Karnataka, is a dam in distress. Less than 24 hours after the BJP-JDS ‘padayatra’ demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ended, the ...

The 19th crest gate of the 71-year-old Tungabhadra dam collapsed, triggering a flood alert in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The breach resulted in significant water outflow, threatening downstream ...

One of the gates of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka was washed away last night due to the snapping of chain link. A flood alert was sounded in downstream Koppal as authorities immediately opened ...

Hosapete, Anantapur: A spillway gate of the Tungabhadra dam was washed away on Saturday night, causing panic in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.Sixty tmc ft of water will now have be discharged from ...

The dam authorities issued an alert in the morning saying that they will increase water release into the river course to 1,20,000 cusecs from 90,000 cusecs depending upon the inflow into the dam.

Hosapete: The first plate of the stop gate at the Tungabhadra Dam was successfully installed on Friday night, a crucial step taken after spillway gate No. 19 was washed away on August 10.Minority ...

In light of serious safety concerns following the collapse of a dam gate, a major overhaul of the Tungabhadra dam gates is being discussed among representatives from ... On the night of Aug 10, ...

Experts and engineers on Thursday started the work for the high-risk repair operation at the Tungabhadra reservoir in Hospet, Vijayanagar, days after the crest gate of the Tungabhadra Dam in ...

Expressing concern over the washing away of one of the crest gates at Tungabhadra dam late on Saturday night, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday suggested ...

Alert issued for Tungabhadra ... night and I’m receiving updates every moment,” he added. The problem arose from the breakage of the chain link at the 19th gate of the Tungabhadra dam.

On Saturday night, 40,000 cusecs of water was being released into the Tungabhadra river through 10 crest gates. The highest recorded release was 3.6 lakh cusecs back in December 1992.

Bengaluru: Gate number 19 of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka was washed away on Saturday night following the snapping of a chain link, causing significant concern for downstream regions ...