Pampa Sagar Dam's crest gate fixed a week after it was swept away
Bengaluru, Aug 17: The damaged crest gate of the Pampa Sagar dam on the Tungabhadra river in Koppal district was on Saturday finally fixed after its chain snapped and it was swept away on August 11 night, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said.
The dam with a water holding capacity of 104 TMC had to release about 35 TMC downstream to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana after being filled to the brim in the recent rains.
The decision to empty the dam was taken to prevent any damage to the dam and take up the repair work.
"Our engineers and senior officers gave me information with video message that the water flow has stopped," Shivakumar, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, told reporters here.
According to the DCM, there was an inflow of 65,000 cusecs water, which the officers were trying to store.
The Karnataka government had roped in hydro-mechanical engineer N Kannaiah Naidu from Hyderabad to fix the damaged gate.
Along with him, the Karnataka government sought the assistance of JSW Group to manufacture steel items for the dam, and two contractor firms Hindustan Engineering and Narayana Engineering.
The DCM thanked Naidu, JSW, the two contractor firms, the officials of the Tungabhadra Board on behalf of the state government.
He also said the crest gate had only one chain due to which it happened. The state government would work to have two chains to avoid such recurrences in future.
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Allahabad High Court directs Centre to decide on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship by December 19
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has instructed the Union Home Ministry to decide on a petition regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship. The Bench, led by Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, set a deadline of December 19, 2024, for the government to update the Court on the matter.
The petition, filed by S Vignesh Shishir, requests a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that Rahul Gandhi holds British citizenship. Shishir claims that evidence, including confidential emails shared by VSS Sarma, suggests Gandhi may be a British citizen. However, due to UK data protection laws, the British government has not disclosed full details without Gandhi's consent.
During the November 25 hearing, Deputy Solicitor General SB Pandey informed the Court that the Home Ministry is reviewing the representation. The Court directed the government to report on the status of the petition by the next hearing on December 19.
A similar petition challenging Rahul Gandhi's citizenship is pending before the Delhi High Court, where the matter will be heard after the Allahabad High Court's proceedings.
