Amaravati, July 15: Lots of of villages, primarily the lankas (island villages), alongside the course of Godavari are reeling beneath one of many worst floods because the swollen river has been discharging 19.05 lakh cusecs of water as on Friday morning. The flood crossed the third hazard sign at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram close to Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh.
Particular Chief Secretary (Income-Catastrophe Administration) G Sai Prasad, who has been monitoring the state of affairs from the State Emergency Operations Centre here, stated the discharge at Cotton Barrage may contact 22-23 lakh cusecs over the subsequent few hours.
"As many as 554 villages under 42 mandals in six districts will face the impact of flood if the level touches 20 lakh cusecs at Cotton Barrage. Hence, we are accordingly alerting the district authorities concerned on the situation," Sai Prasad stated. Climate Forecast: Moist Spell to Proceed on Western Coast; Recent Alerts Issued for A number of Districts in Maharashtra, Gujarat.
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will conduct an aerial survey on Friday afternoon to evaluate the devastation brought on by the Godavari flood. The influence of the flood may very well be felt in 20 mandals in Konaseema district, eight mandals in East Godavari, 5 in Alluri Sitarama Raju, 4 in West Godavari, three in Eluru and two in Kakinada districts, in accordance with the State Catastrophe Administration Authority.
With Godavari turning more ferocious by the hour, the variety of NDRF groups has been elevated to eight and SDRF to 10 for finishing up rescue and aid operations. A helicopter of the Indian Navy has additionally been pressed into service for emergency operations.
In the meantime, river Krishna too has been receiving a gradual flood stream with the Srisailam reservoir recording an influx of 1,46,278 cusecs of Friday morning.
The present storage stage here was 56.38 tmc ft towards the complete reservoir stage of 215.81 tmc ft, leaving a flood cushion of 159.43 tmc ft.
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