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Normal beingness was deed successful the eastbound mandals of Nagari, Vijayapuram, and Nindra successful Chittoor territory nether the power of Cyclone Montha connected Tuesday, starring to waterlogging successful respective villages and streams overflowing.
The portion witnessed mean rainfall of implicit 20 mm by Tuesday evening, submerging roads and inundating low-lying areas successful the Nagari division. Approach roads were inundated, portion dense runoff from the Nagari hills entered cultivation fields, causing interest among farmers owed to freshly sown Rabi crops.
At Keelapattu span successful Nagari, floodwater was seen overflowing the retaining walls, prompting the constabulary and Irrigation officials to erect barricades and divert traffic. Six alleviation teams were deployed to support round-the-clock vigil, expecting a caller spell of rainfall overnight. Over 50 irrigation tanks crossed the 3 mandals received dense inflows, portion the officials released excess h2o into adjacent streams. The officials person kept the sandbags acceptable astatine vessel bunds susceptible to breaches.
The Krishnarajapuram reservoir successful Karvetinagaram mandal was reported to beryllium brimming to the full. The Irrigation officials said that the reservoir, which irrigates astir 6,000 acres, had overflowed 7 times successful October, prompting the controlled merchandise of h2o downstream to forestall breaches.
Meanwhile, Chittoor Special Officer P.S. Girisha and Collector Sumit Kumar inspected the Krishnapuram reservoir and the Keelapattu span successful Nagari, alerting the section authorities to beryllium alert to the anticipation of flash floods. “We are reviewing the concern each fewer hours. People should stay indoors until the rainfall eases,” said Collector Sumit Kumar.
The officials said that the cyclone’s interaction is expected to proceed until Wednesday (October 29) afternoon.
Meanwhile, powerfulness disruptions were reported successful scattered places successful the division. The Revenue officials were instructed to beryllium acceptable to unfastened a alleviation structure successful Nagari successful lawsuit of dense rains.
