Second Flood Warning On Godavari River Likely

Vijayawada: Heavy rains in the upper basin areas cause swelling of large rivers such as Godavari, Krishna and Penna. A second flood warning was given to Godavari in Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in Dowleswaram.

The water level was expected to touch 13.75 feet.

Srinivas, the Conservator of the Godavari River, said, iz We expect the river’s water level to rise further by Friday evening and then start withdrawing. We have started all the steps to meet the emergencies. ” He said.

At 9 am, the water level in the dam was 11.98 Lakh Cusec and the level was rising. The level in Bhadrachalam touched 52.10ft at 17:00. The level was falling on Thursday night.

Meanwhile, there was relief about the flood on the Krishna River in Prakasam Barrage, because after the water level reached the highest level in the morning, he retreated to 5 Lakh Cusecs. Until 9 o’clock, the water level withdrawn with 4,80 Lakh Cusec’s discharge and the Pulichinthala project entrance touched four Lakh Cusec.

However, the first flood warning in Prakasam Barrage may be on Friday evening until discharge 3.97 touched the lacch cusecs.

On the other hand, the authorities in all vulnerable regions covering the Godavari and Krishna rivers, mostly, evacuate them to the need -based aid centers and provide a high warning to ensure safety to people.

In the meantime, EP reservoirs were receiving large water entries in the existing water storage area in 776.32 TMC-FT (77.63 percent) against 1000 TMC-FT gross capacity, and the storage was fixed on 722.43 TMC-FT (72.24 percent) on Thursday.

Srisailam Project, 215.46 TMC-FT level (215 Lakh Cusecs. Nagarjuna Sagar’ın 291.96 TMC-FT output of 291.96 TMC-FT, 31,56 ft an 31.56 FRL against anch-FRL 91.50 percent) recorded. 4.32 Lakh Cusecs Water.

Pulintala has a 4.01 Lakh Cusecs water outlet against gross capacity in 45.77 TMC-FT and has 35.92 TMC-FT water (69.74 percent). Prakasam Dam was filled with 3.07 TMC FT water with a 5.08 Lakh Cusec output.

The Sir Arthur Cotton Dam in Dowleswaram was filled with 2.93 TMC FT water with 11.12 Lakh Cusecs output.