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The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has issued continued flood alerts arsenic the Krishna and Godavari rivers stay swollen pursuing dense inflows.
As per the latest information disposable connected Monday (September 29, 2025), the Prakasam Barrage crossed the Krishna successful Vijayawada recorded a surplus of 6,12,325 cusecs of water.
The authorities released 5,557 cusecs of h2o into the KE Main Canal, 4,513 cusecs into KW Main Canal, and 10,070 cusecs into different canals, bringing the full realised inflows to 6,22,395 cusecs.
The h2o level astatine the Prakasam Barrage stood astatine 15.5 feet, with the 2nd flood informing inactive successful force. The inflows and outflows were recorded astatine 6,86,074 cusecs astatine 4 a.m. connected Monday and the h2o level stood astatine 16.4 feet.
Meanwhile, the Godavari River witnessed dense inflows. The stream astatine Bhadrachalam successful Telangana recorded a h2o level of 44.4 feet, portion the inflows and outflows astatine the Dowleswaram Barrage successful Rajamahendravaram were recorded astatine 9,80,447 cusecs.
With the h2o levels receding, the archetypal flood informing for the Godavari was withdrawn. To augment the alleviation operations, 2 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and 3 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams person been deployed successful the susceptible areas.
The authorities urged the residents surviving successful low-lying areas on the Krishna and Godavari rivers to stay vigilant and debar crossing overflowing streams, canals, oregon inundated roads.
“Residents surviving successful the flood-prone areas indispensable workout caution arsenic the concern remains critical,” said APSDMA Managing Director Prakhar Jain.
