Hundreds moved to security in Nanded owing to flooding; Godavari, Asna rivers circulation above hazard mark

“Hundreds of individuals have been shifted to safer locations in Nanded metropolis of Maharashtra after a number of low-lying areas have been inundated following heavy rains in the previous couple of days, with Godavari and Asna rivers flowing above the hazard mark,” officers mentioned on Wednesday (September 24, 2025).

“As the influx into the Vishnupuri dam, which gives potable water to Nanded, rose sharply, all its 16 gates have been lifted for the primary time in 25 years, releasing greater than 2.5 lakh cusecs of water,” they mentioned.

Rains have wreaked havoc over the previous couple of days within the often parched Marathwada area, killing at the very least eight individuals and damaging homes and crops. Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) mentioned the injury owing to rainfall was extra within the area’s Nanded district.

“Godavari and Asna rivers have crossed their hazard mark, which led to flooding in a number of elements of Nanded metropolis and district,” officers mentioned.

As water was launched from the Vishnupuri dam, low-lying areas of the town, together with Govardhan Ghat, Nav Ghat, Nagina Ghat, Degloor Naka, Vasrani and Mujampeth, witnessed flooding.

Floodwater additionally entered Govardhan Ghat crematorium, Sant Dasganu Maharaj Bridge, Shani Mandir, Gadipura, Siddhanathpuri, and Chouphala localities.

“Hundreds of residents have been shifted to safer areas and short-term shelters, whereas extra evacuations are anticipated if the water stage continues to rise,” the officers mentioned, though the precise variety of affected individuals is but to be recognized.

Officials warned that the discharge of water from the Vishnupuri dam may enhance to a few lakh cusecs within the subsequent few hours.

Heavy inflows from upstream dams, together with Jayakwadi (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Majalgaon (Beed), Siddheshwar, Khadakpurna and Lower Dudhana, are including to the Godavari’s swelling waters.

“The river has already breached the warning stage of 351 metres and surpassed the hazard mark of 354 metres,” the officers mentioned.

The district administration and the Nanded Waghala City Municipal Corporation have issued alerts to villages positioned alongside the river banks, and deployed police to take care of order as a number of bridges and roads are actually underneath water.

The backwaters of Godavari river inundated 1000’s of hectares of farmland, destroying standing crops.

“The water stage of the Asna river within the district has surged, additional worsening the scenario. Many connecting routes have been minimize off as tributaries and streams feeding into the rivers are overflowing,” the officers added.

Officials of the Water Resources Department, together with Executive Engineer Dattatraya Sawant, are monitoring the scenario.

Although rains have subsided since Tuesday (September 23, 2025), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has positioned Nanded underneath a yellow alert, warning of extra rainfall within the coming days.

It has predicted thunderstorms accompanied with lightning, mild to reasonable rainfall and gusty winds of 30 to 40 kmph at remoted locations on September 24, 25 and 26, adopted by a heavy rainfall warning on September 27.