A management room was set as much as deal with potential flood from Godavari river in Bhadrachalam | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
The first flood warning was issued by Bhadradri Kothagudem collector Jitesh V. Patil at 8.15 a.m. on Wednesday after the river touched 43 toes mark. The water stage within the river hovered round 45.10 toes and the flood discharge within the river crossed 10.18 lakh cusecs at 2 p.m.
A flood management room has been arrange on the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) headquarters in Bhadrachalam to continuously monitor the state of affairs within the riverside villages and flood susceptible areas in Bhadrachalam Agency.
The management room might be reached at 7995268352. Another management room (08743-232444 and 7981219425) has been activated on the sub-collector’s workplace in Bhadrachalam to deal with any potential flood occasion.
According to official sources, flood obligation officers have been positioned in Bhadrachalam division as per flood contingency plan.
The water stage within the Godavari at Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district crossed the warning stage of 12.210 metres and inched nearer to the hazard stage of 13.460 metres.
The bathing ghats close to Triveni Sangamam, the confluence-point of the Godavari, the Pranahitha and the subterranean Saraswati rivers, had been partially submerged by floodwaters in Kaleshwaram, sources added.
At the Lakshmi (Medigadda) barrage, each the influx and outflow had been recorded at 9.02 lakh cusecs as all of the 85 crest gates of the barrage had been saved open in free move situation.
All the upstream initiatives on the Godavari together with the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP), Kaddam Narayan Reddy and Sripada Yellampally continued to obtain heavy inflows from the catchment areas of the Godavari.
Published – August 20, 2025 05:27 pm IST
