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Tirumala’s five reservoirs gain a net 40.08 lakh gallons in TTD’s 23 October reading

TTD's reading on 23 October shows the five Tirumala reservoirs took in 61.68 lakh gallons and used 21.60 lakh gallons. Kumaradhara gained the most.

Forested Tirumala hills with a rocky escarpment under a blue sky, seen from a tree-lined road with a few motorcycles and autorickshaws.

The five reservoirs on the Tirumala hills took in 61.68 lakh gallons and gave out 21.60 lakh gallons in TTD’s reading on the morning of 23 October, a net gain of 40.08 lakh gallons.

Inflow by reservoir: Kumaradhara 25.14 lakh gallons, Papavinasanam 20.96, Gogarbham 9.25 and Akashaganga 6.33. Pasupudhara did not change.

Storage that morning, in lakh gallons, with full capacity in brackets:

  • Papavinasanam: 2,688.35 (5,240)
  • Gogarbham: 508.31 (2,833.10)
  • Kumaradhara: 363.98 (4,259.01)
  • Akashaganga: 30.40 (685)
  • Pasupudhara: 24.38 (1,287.54)

The Akashaganga dam area recorded 8 mm of rain. Since 15 September the reservoirs have taken in 244.46 lakh gallons in all, including 148.48 lakh during the Navaratri Brahmotsavams and 7.02 lakh during the Salakatla Brahmotsavams.

Photo: Adityamadhav83 / CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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