Soil tests to ascertain stability of barrage in T'gana

TOP Vigilance officials have told TNIE that only a thorough assessment of the substrata of sand below the Medigadda barrage can reveal the actual extent of the damage to it.

- SWETHAVIMALA M

The National Dam Safety Authority will assess the level of sand erosion and check how much of the barrage is freestanding. The report by the NDSA will reveal if the barrage is stable enough and fit for use. Doubts about the stability of the barrage grew stronger after images of huge cracks, rusted steel, sunken reservoir bed and water seeping from the piers in the Medigadda barrage were made public following the recent visit a delegation of legislators, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.