Telangana Rains - Godavari water level likely to touch 35ft by midnight
According to district collector Dr. priyanka Ala, floodwaters from the kaleshwaram project, rivers Indrawati, and Taliperu were expected to raise the level of the Godavari in bhadrachalam to 35 feet by wednesday at midnight. Due to the release of 2.35 lakh cusecs of water from the kaleshwaram project and 2.15 lakh cusecs from Indrawati, the water flow at peruru reached 5.3 lakh cusecs. Excess water from the Taliperu project was released at a volume of 60,000 cusecs. people in the flood-prone zones should therefore be vigilant, she advised.
Dr. Ala instructed officials to relocate residents of villages at risk of flooding to relief centres during a review meeting he conducted on the flood situation on wednesday in Bhadrachalam. Officials at the village, mandal and district levels should be on guard and accessible in the field. To stop the public from entering overflowing rivers, streams, and reservoirs, barricades must be built. In regions where the water has reached the top of the roads, transport services should be suspended, and warning signs should be erected.
If any trees in the district were uprooted, action must be done to clear the roads. It is necessary to relocate residents of abandoned homes to areas that are safer. Officials in charge of electricity must guarantee a constant supply, she said. The public must contact the district collector's office's control room at (08744) 241950 or send a message or video to the whatsapp number 9392919743 to request emergency help. Dr. Ala said that boats, life jackets, and lifebuoys should be made accessible at the reservoirs. Round-the-clock control rooms were also created up at the kothagudem RDO office with phone number 9392919750 and at the bhadrachalam RDO office with phone number 08743-232444; he also mentioned that.
The collector had earlier in the day checked the Taliperu project's water status and low-lying areas in Cherla mandal. She also went to the school in bhadrachalam town where a rehabilitation facility would be built, Nannapuneni Mohan School.
Dr. Ala instructed officials to relocate residents of villages at risk of flooding to relief centres during a review meeting he conducted on the flood situation on wednesday in Bhadrachalam. Officials at the village, mandal and district levels should be on guard and accessible in the field. To stop the public from entering overflowing rivers, streams, and reservoirs, barricades must be built. In regions where the water has reached the top of the roads, transport services should be suspended, and warning signs should be erected.
If any trees in the district were uprooted, action must be done to clear the roads. It is necessary to relocate residents of abandoned homes to areas that are safer. Officials in charge of electricity must guarantee a constant supply, she said. The public must contact the district collector's office's control room at (08744) 241950 or send a message or video to the whatsapp number 9392919743 to request emergency help. Dr. Ala said that boats, life jackets, and lifebuoys should be made accessible at the reservoirs. Round-the-clock control rooms were also created up at the kothagudem RDO office with phone number 9392919750 and at the bhadrachalam RDO office with phone number 08743-232444; he also mentioned that.
The collector had earlier in the day checked the Taliperu project's water status and low-lying areas in Cherla mandal. She also went to the school in bhadrachalam town where a rehabilitation facility would be built, Nannapuneni Mohan School.