Heavy rains disrupt normal life, raise water levels in rivers, reservoirs
Rains continued to lash several parts of north Telangana for the consecutive second day on Thursday, raising water level in rivers and reservoirs, and disrupting
Rains continued to lash several parts of north Telangana for the consecutive second day on Thursday, raising water level in rivers and reservoirs, and disrupting normal life in parts of the erstwhile Adilabad and Karimnagar districts. Several reservoirs across the Godavari basin receiving heavy inflows flowing widespread rainfall in catchment areas. The Godavari at the famous temple town of Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district rose to around 28.70 feet late on Thursday evening.
At the Kadem project in Nirmal district, 16 of the 18 gates were lifted as inflows reached 1.38 lakh cusecs. The outflow was 1.46 lakh cusecs. At the Taliperu medium irrigation project in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, 12 gates were lifted to release floodwater into the Godavari. The water level in the Sripada Yellampalli project in Peddapalli district rose to 145.89 meters against its storage capacity of 148 meters following heavy inflows.
In a rain-related incident, two members of a family were injured when a portion of the compound wall of their house collapsed at Algaon village in Kotapally mandal of Mancherial district. They were admitted to the Government General Hospital in Mancherial. Labour Minister G. Vivek Venkataswamy visited the rain-affected areas in Mandamarri town and reviewed the situation with officials. He assured the injured family of an Indiramma house and directed the officials to closely monitor the rain situation.
Meanwhile, the Karimnagar district administration declared a holiday for schools of all managements on July 31 in view of the forecast of heavy rain on Friday. The coming second Saturday will be a working day, officials said.
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