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A flood alert has been sounded for radical surviving on the Godavari stream people successful Bhadrachalam Agency arsenic the h2o level successful the stream has risen to 50 feet, conscionable 3 feet beneath the information people of 53 feet, astatine Bhadrachalam of Bhadradri Kothagudem territory astatine 5 p.m. connected Tuesday.
Despite a little halt successful rains successful the surrounding catchment areas, the travel successful the stream successful the temple municipality crossed 12.51 lakh cusecs precocious connected Tuesday evening owed to dense inflows from the upstream dams.
The h2o level successful the Godavari breached the 2nd flood informing people of 48 feet astatine 3.30 a.m. connected Tuesday, prompting the authorities to contented the 2nd flood warning.
According to sources, vehicular question connected Bhadrachalam-Charla road was disrupted connected Tuesday evening owed to flooding of a information of the attack roadworthy adjacent Turubaka span successful Dummugudem mandal.
Inter-State question of vehicles was besides affected owed to flooding of a tiny agelong of the road betwixt Bhadrachalam and Chintoor, the cardinal roadworthy connecting Telangana’s Bhadrachalam with Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, sources added.
Bhadrachalam Sub-Collector Mrinal Shreshtha inspected the karakatta (flood bank) and monitored the information measures on the Godavari River banks successful Bhadrachalam.
In a statement, the Sub-Collector cautioned radical against bathing, taking a dip oregon going adjacent the ghats on the stream banks arsenic the Godavari is successful spate with the h2o level reaching the 50 feet mark.
