Vehicular motion on Charla-Venkatapuram freeway disrupted, forest streams in spate in Agency areas

Vehicular motion was disrupted on Charla-Venkatapuram freeway as a forest stream overflowed, inundating a culvert at Yakannagudem village in Venkatapuram mandal of Mulugu district on Wednesday afternoon.

The vehicular site visitors on the busy stretch of the freeway was diverted by way of Eturunagaram and Manuguru to achieve the temple city of Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, sources mentioned.

Heavy rains battered Bhadrachalam Agency on Wednesday, disrupting regular life in a number of riverside villages in Charla and Dummugudem mandals.

Rotenthavagu, Chintavagu and different forest steams had been in spate in Charla mandal because of heavy rainfall within the upstream areas of Taliperu reservoir unfold alongside the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border.

Aided by elevated influx from its higher reaches, the water stage in Taliperu reservoir in Charla mandal rose to 72.89 metres round midday on Wednesday as in opposition to the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 74 metres.

A complete of 15 crest gates had been opened, discharging surplus water downstream into the Godavari.

Two farmers had a slim escape when their tractor was swept away within the swollen Erravagu stream at Chinna Thimmapur village in Bheemini mandal of Mancherial district on Wednesday.

The stream was out of the blue flooded when the farmers had been heading to their cotton subject within the tractor. They had been rescued by the native farmers.

In view of forecast of heavy rains within the subsequent 24 hours, management rooms have been operationalised in numerous northern and japanese districts of the State to deal with rain-related exigencies.