Reportedly barely a month after the villages in Andhra Pradesh’s Godavari district were flooded by the godavari river, a first level flood warning has been issued for the dowleswaram barrage in East Godavari district on Sunday. Meanwhile at 12 pm on Sunday, the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) issued a second level warning at the Bhadrachalam dam in Telangana, with the Godavari water levels at the dam reaching 48.09 ft. Furthermore water levels are continuing to rise in the Bhadrachalam, Kunavaram and Polavaram reservoirs.
Accordingly a first level flood warning has also been issued at the Gotta barrage in the Vamsadhara river basin. Perhaps the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has deployed 127 personnel in East Godavari. Meanwhile two teams are located in Veeravaram, one team is in place in Chinturu and as of 12 pm, the inflow and outflow at the Dowleswaram stood at 10,32,623 cusecs and a second level warning will be issued when the outflows cross 13 lakh cusecs.
Previously in August, heavy rains in the catchment area of the Godavari basin had led to flash floods in East and West Godavari districts, resulting in water rising in the dowleswaram barrage. Reportedly the floods had affected nearly one lakh people in the East and West Godavari districts. Accordingly about 19,000 were evacuated from low lying areas and shifted to relief camps.
