Flood threat persists as water level continues to rise in the Godavari
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Officials conducting grama sabhas and interesting to individuals to shift to safer locations
Tribal individuals in the Agency space are in fixed worry due to rise in the flood level in the Godavari.
The flood level at the crest at Polavaram, which was 25 toes on Friday, crossed 26 toes on Saturday.
As the backwaters had overflowed from the Kothuru causeway just a few days in the past, the officers raised the peak of the causeway. The water level at the causeway now was about 20 toes, the residents stated.
Closure of coffer dam
“Water level in the Godavari at Bhadrachalam is very low now. Though there are no floods to the river, the water level is raising due to the backwaters caused by the closure of the coffer dam this year. The flood fury will be very severe if the water level increases further,” the officers stated.
“Normally, the Godavari witnesses floods between July 15 and September 15. This year, as the backwaters are stagnating due to closure of the coffer dam, there is flood threat to about 20 hamlets. If there is a flood during peak monsoon, the situation will be so severe, and many hamlets will be submerged,” stated Madakam Somu, a villager.
K.R. Puram ITDA officers stated Kothru, Mamidigondi, Tellavaram, Gajulagondi, Pedduru, Madhapuram, Kondrukota, Vadapalli, Pidakula Mamidi, Sarugudu, Yerravaram, Tekuru, Thutigunta, Cheeduru, Sivagiri, Tella Dibbalu and different areas could be inundated in case of floods.
The Pragadapalli Vaagu, Yedla Vaagu, Gujjavaram Vaagu and lots of different streams would overflow onto the roads and communication could be affected to greater than 20 hamlets, the Revenue officers worry.
Officials had been conducting grama sabhas in the tribal hamlets in Polavaram, Velerupadu, Kukunoor, Buttaigudem and different mandals and cautioning the residents on the severity of the floods. They appealed to the tribal individuals to transfer to safer locations.
Just a few households shifted to the hilly areas and erected huts there on Saturday.
ITDA Project Officer Y.V. Prasanna Lakshmi stated that Medical and Health, Revenue, Police, Irrigation, Fisheries, AP-Transco, Girijan Cooperative Corporation, APSRTC and different departments had been saved on alert.
The Irrigation Department officers had been releasing water by means of the Polavaram venture radial gates, she stated.
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