Andhra Pradesh: Many districts face flood threat as Godavari, Krishna in spate

Rivers Godavari and Krishna were flowing with full fury on Thursday as copious inflows turned into a flood posing a threat to at least eight districts in Andhra PradeshFor the second month in a row Godavari has crossed the second danger level as the discharge at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram rose further to 1409 lakh cusecs cubic foot of water flow per second on Thursday nightOn the other side the major reservoirs on river Krishna have been filled to the brim with heavy inflows from the catchmentThe flood discharge at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada which stood at 132 lakh cusecs on Thursday night is expected to rise to four lakh cusecs by Friday morning according to the State Disaster Management AuthorityWe have alerted the authorities of the respective districts to remain on alert and take necessary precautionary measures as the flood flow is increasing in the rivers SDMA Managing Director B R Ambedkar said in a releaseAlso Read Uttar Pradesh Four drown several missing after boat capsizes in YamunaThree teams each of the National Disaster Response Force and the SDRF with a total of 178 personnel have been positioned in B R Ambedkar Konaseema Alluri Sitarama Raju and Eluru districts for carrying out rescue and relief operations as several mandals are affected by the floodWe are constantly monitoring the situation from the State Emergency Operations Centre here and taking necessary steps Ambedkar saidThe InterMinisterial Team of officials from the Centre visited B R Ambedkar Konaseema district to assess the damage caused by the Godavari flood last month even as tens of lanka island villages got inundated in the fresh delugeSpecial Chief Secretary RevenueDisaster Management G Sai Prasad presented a report on the flood damages to the Central team and requested that liberal assistance be extended as the deluge last month left an unprecedented impactMeanwhile the Srisailam reservoir on river Krishna has been filled to the brim following which over four lakh cusecs of water is being discharged downstreamConsequently the Nagarjuna Sagar dam downstream also filled up almost to the full reservoir level of 588 ft holding 506 thousand million cubic feet of water by Thursday evening according to the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Information and Management System dataFollowing this 26 crest gates of the dam have been lifted and 423 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged from Nagarjuna SagarDr K L Rao Pulichintala reservoir further down Nagarjuna Sagar is receiving all the floodMore than four lakh cusecs is accordingly being let out from Dr K L Rao Pulichintala to Prakasam Barrage downstream in VijayawadaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever