Godavari floods cut off 13 road networks in Polavaram submergence area

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Godavari floodwater enters the hut of a Koya tribal household  successful  Kunavaram, Chintoor Agency successful  Alluri Sitharama Raju territory  connected  Tuesday. 

Godavari floodwater enters the hut of a Koya tribal household successful Kunavaram, Chintoor Agency successful Alluri Sitharama Raju territory connected Tuesday.  | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

At slightest thirteen roadworthy networks person been chopped disconnected successful the submergence country of the Polavaram irrigation project, on the tri-State borders of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana arsenic the Godavari stream flood level exceeded the 2nd informing astatine Bhadrachalam connected Tuesday. 

The affected areas see the villages successful the upstream portion of the Polavaram irrigation task successful Chintoor Agency successful Alluri Sitharama Raju district.

According to the Godavari stream flood bulletin, the 2nd Godavari flood informing remains successful unit and the outflow of floodwater was supra 12.50 lakh cusecs astatine Bhadrachalam successful Telangana State connected Tuesday. 

As a result, the Polavaram irrigation task received immense inflows, starring to a grinding halt of mean beingness successful the Chintoor Agency. Scores of tribal hamlets person been submerged. Chintoor Integrated Tribal Development Agency Project Officer Subham Nokwal and Chintoor Assistant Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kumar Meena connected Tuesday inspected the flood-hit country successful Kunavaram mandal. 

Mr. Subham Nokawal stated that each large women are being shifted to adjacent hospitals for aesculapian care. “As galore arsenic 7 roadworthy networks person been chopped disconnected successful V.R. Puram mandal. Three roadworthy networks successful each mandals of Kunavaram, Yetapaka and Chintoor person been chopped off”, said Mr. Subham Nokwal. 

This is the sixth clip that the Chintoor Agency is witnessing the Godavari flood successful conscionable 2 months, leaving tribals anxious forcing them to hold for a fewer much weeks to commence cultivation operations. 

Downstream of the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage astatine Dowleswaram successful East Godavari district, the islands of Godavari are connected the alert successful Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema District. On Tuesday, the archetypal flood informing was successful unit astatine Dowleswaram, wherever inflow of floodwater exceeded 10.90 lakh cusecs. Authorities reported that supra 13,200 cusecs of h2o is being released into the Godavari delta. 

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema District Collector R. Mahesh Kumar said: “Officials person been posted astatine the islands villages to show the flood and oversee alleviation operations and exigency services . All large women are being shifted to adjacent hospitals from the islands.”

Published - September 30, 2025 07:52 p.m. IST

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