Several low-lying villages on the upper reaches of Godavari were inundated on Sunday due to heavy rains in the southern parts of Chhattisgarh and Odhisha and the bordering areas in Andhra Pradesh. Heavy inflows received into the Godavari and Vamsadhara rivers over the last couple of days has led to overflowing of tanks and irrigation projects which led to the inundation.
The officials have made arrangements for shifting the residents to safer places and relief camps in Bhadrachalam, if required.
Adding to the woes, heavy rains in Khammam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Adilabad districts for the past three days have also breached several tanks leaving hundreds of acres of agricultural land inundated. Officials have been asked to estimate the losses at the earliest.
In Khammam district, the road link to 60 villages in Manuguru mandal was cut off from the rest of district leading to a halt in the coal production in the open-cast mines of Gowthamikhani, JVR, OC-2, OC-3 and OC-4.
Similar situation prevailed in Bejjuru mandal of Adilabad district, as connectivity to 12 villages was cut off due to the overflowing of the Isukapelli stream. Heavy inflows into the Taliperu, Sileru and Sabari tributaries has led to release of over 41,000 cusecs from Taliperu and 31,000 cusecs from Kinnerasni reservoirs into the Godavari.
The Sabari tributary has also received heavy inflows of 18,000 cusecs from the Sileru project. Meanwhile, the officials of Vamsadhara project have signaled warning upon receiving inflows of 25,000 cusecs and have lifted all the 24 gates of the Gotta barrage in Srikakulam to release the water into the Bay of Bengal.
The Thotapalli reservoir released 16,000 cusecs of water into the sea.
Water was also released down stream from the Donkarai reservoir by lifting four gates. The reservoirs of Yeleru, Raiwada, Meghadrigedda, Tatipudi, Gostani and Mudasarlova are filling fast due to heavy inflows.
At around 3 pm on Sunday, the irrigation officials lifted all the gates and released about 4.06 lakh cusecs into the sea at Dowleswaram where the water level reached 8.6 feet. The officials are constantly monitoring the water levels at Dowleswaram as the inflows are increasing every hour. The Meteorological department officials predicted stet more rain in the upper reaches of the Godavari river in Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
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