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Sand excavation on the banks of stream Godavari successful the 27 reaches has resumed arsenic flood h2o receded completely, successful Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, enabling vessel operators and machinery to excavate and transport soil via waterway and impermanent roads. The Godavari portion witnessed 4 spells of flood during the monsoon this year, 2025, affecting the postulation of soil from the notified soil reaches of stream Godavari.
In a reappraisal gathering with the officials concerned, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District Collector R. Mahesh Kumar said, “All the 27 reaches person been opened for soil postulation and excavation on the banks of Vasista and Gouthami, 2 branches of stream Godavari which flows through the district.”
By the extremity of monsoon, the full quantity of soil disposable astatine the banal points was supra 7 lakh metric tonnes. “The mechanised boats were permitted to cod the soil from the river. The Department of Mines volition show and hint the bulk orders for sand,” the Collector said.
