Rivers, tanks dry up in North Andhra as temperatures touch 45°C

In the archetypal week of May itself, rivers, h2o bodies and tanks person astir dried up successful Srikakulam, Parvatipuram-Manyam and Vizianagaram districts owed to the unprecedented heat, with temperatures crossing 45°Celsius astatine galore places successful the North Andhra. Due to the interaction of summer, h2o levels successful large rivers similar Vamsadhara and Nagavali person been reduced to a specified trickle. While tanks person go astir empty.

According to the irrigation department’s data, lone 0.98 TMC of h2o is disposable successful the Thotapalli barrage successful Parvathipuram-Manyam district, with the contiguous h2o level astatine 38.89%.