Godavari continues to rise all along its river course from Basar to Bhadrachalam
The Hindu
Godavari is rising all along its course in Telangana and reaching 1st flood warning level of 43ft in Bhadrachalam. Relief camps readied in temple town and NDRF teams on standby
The water level in Godavari at Telangana’s famous temple town of Bhadrachalam is inching close to the first flood warning level of 43 feet owing to heavy inflows from upstream.
The Godavari continued to be in spate all along its course from Basar in Nirmal district to Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the State following widespread rains in its catchment areas for the third day in a row.
The water level in Godavari at Bhadrachalam hovered around 42 feet with about 8.89 lakh cusecs of flood water flowing downstream at 1 p.m. The bathing ghats along the river, abutting the karakatta (flood bank), in the temple town were submerged.
The official machinery has geared up to deal with any exigency and readied temporary relief camps in the temple town to shift people living in the low-lying areas to the centres as per the flood manual.
Following the forecast of heavy rains in the catchment areas of the Godavari for the next two days, the authorities operationalised flood control rooms in Bhadrachalam and Kothagudem and kept the NDRF teams ready for deployment.
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