The first warning sign has been raised as floods in river Krishna crossed the 4 lakh cusecs mark at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada on Friday.
In river Godavari at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in Dowaleswaram close to Rajamahendravaram, the flood stream remained regular at 14.76 lakh cusecs (cubic foot of water stream per second), going previous the second hazard degree.
According to the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, the flood degree confirmed a marginal lower at upstream Bhadrachalam in Telangana on Friday afternoon, with indicators of an extra decline over the following few hours.
SDMA Managing Director BR Ambedkar stated individuals alongside the Krishna riverbanks ought to stay on alert because the flood degree would possibly enhance.
The administrative equipment has been placed on alert within the flood-prone areas alongside the river, he stated.
Three groups every of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the SDRF have been finishing up rescue and aid operations in Alluri Sitarama Raju, Eluru and BR Ambedkar Konaseema districts.
Ambedkar appealed to individuals within the deluge-hit habitations in Godavari area to cooperate with the authorities and transfer to safer locations because the second warning has been persevering with.
The affect of Godavari flood is being felt a lot in BR Ambedkar Konaseema, Eluru and Alluri Sitarama Raju districts the place there are numerous lanka (island) villages.
Besides, the submergence mandals underneath the Polavaram challenge are dealing with a excessive risk from the deluge.
The scenario in Velerupadu, VR Puram and Kukunoor mandals is alleged to be significantly grim, in line with studies from the affected areas. Problems confronted by individuals in these areas are compounded as they haven’t but recovered from the injury wrecked by the floods final month.
The causeways have been overflowing at a number of locations in BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, snapping highway communication hyperlinks to many villages.
In Vijayawada metropolis, some homes on the Krishna riverbed remained marooned because the flood stream touched 4.57 lakh cusecs on Friday afternoon.
But the scenario might ease as discharge from Dr KL Rao Sagar Pulichintala upstream Prakasam Barrage gave the impression to be coming down.
According to the AP Water Resources Information Management System information, Pulichintala presently has a flood cushion of 13.27 thousand million cubic ft. However, outflow from Nagarjuna Sagar dam additional up has risen to 4.25 lakh cusecs and can attain Dr KL Rao Sagar in just a few hours.
The Srisailam reservoir has been stuffed to the brim, touching 215.08 tmc ft, consequent to which 4.36 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged, the info confirmed.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
