Several Island Villages in AP Inundated as Godavari Swells, Roads Links Cut off; SDRF Deployed
4 years, 4 months ago

Several Island Villages in AP Inundated as Godavari Swells, Roads Links Cut off; SDRF Deployed

News 18  

The swollen Godavari river inundated several 'lanka' villages in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and severed road communication links even as the government deployed the State Disaster Response Force to handle any emergency. Two teams of SDRF are positioned at Rajamahendravaram to attend to any eventuality while NDRF teams have also been kept on standby," Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Commissioner KKanna Babu said. Downstream in West Godavari district, the river has been flowing over the Kotturu causeway, disrupting road communication to the island villages. Meanwhile, the State Disaster Management Authority said heavy to very heavy rainfall was likely at isolated places in Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari districts in the next 48 hours under the influence of a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and associated upper level cyclonic circulation.

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Andhra Pradesh Ministers advocate relocation of low-lying villages in Bapatla district
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh Ministers advocate relocation of low-lying villages in Bapatla district

The Hindu  

There is an urgent need for relocation of the villages in the low-lying areas abutting the Krishna River in Repalle Assembly constituency of Bapatla district in Andhra Pradesh, Ministers Anagani Satya Prasad and Gottipati Ravi Kumar have observed. Mr. Satya Prasad and Mr. Ravi Kumar on September 4 visited the flooded Lankevani Dibba island village, the last habitation in Bapatla …

Godavari at 53 feet in Telangana's Bhadrachalam
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Godavari at 53 feet in Telangana's Bhadrachalam

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM: The district administration issued third warning as the water level of Godavari river reached 53.4 feet on Saturday. Additionally, three families in Buragampad, two in Reddypalem in Buragampad mandal and five in Gangolu village in Dummagudem mandal were relocated to rehabilitation centres after their homes were submerged. As many as 45 rehabilitation centres have been set up across Bhadrachalam, …

Telangana: Godavari in Spate; Authorities Sound Second Warning
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Godavari in Spate; Authorities Sound Second Warning

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: With the rise in water level in the Godavari River at Ramannagudem of Eturnagaram mandal due to heavy inflow of floodwater, the authorities sounded second warning here in Mulugu district on Saturday. In Wazedu mandal, vehicular movement came to a halt for 12 days with national highway 163 badly damaged due to heavy inflow of floodwater from the Gandimari …

Godavari water level reaches at 50 ft; second warning issued at Telangana's Bhadrachalam
5 months ago

Godavari water level reaches at 50 ft; second warning issued at Telangana's Bhadrachalam

New Indian Express  

According to the Central Water Commission, the water level may reach the 52 feet mark by Tuesday morning, and if it hovers at 53 feet or above, a third warning will be issued. He predicted that the water level could reach 55 feet, and instructed the officials to be alert and ready for the rescue operations. Revenue Divisional Officer K …

Officials put on high alert in Bhupalpally, Mulugu districts
5 months ago

Officials put on high alert in Bhupalpally, Mulugu districts

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: The district authorities are on high alert with several low-lying bridges overflowing with the floodwater causing disruption for vehicular movement in view of heavy rain that witnessed since four days here in Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts on Sunday. The officials must take necessary steps from shifting the people living in low-lying areas to the rehabilitation centres established at …

Road links between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cut off due to flash floods
5 months ago

Road links between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cut off due to flash floods

The Hindu  

The road links between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been cut off in the NTR District due to the flash floods and heavy rains lashing the region for the last 48 hours. “The Konda Vaagu, Kattaleru, Padamata Vaagu, Jalleru and Gurrala Vaagu streams have been in spate causing severe inconvenience to the passengers travelling in the border villagers,” the locals …

Floods Continue in Godavari Districts: 312 Villages Marooned
1 year, 4 months ago

Floods Continue in Godavari Districts: 312 Villages Marooned

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The flood situation continues to remain serious in the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts. More than 312 villages were still marooned in Alluri Sitarama Raju, Eluru, BR Ambedkar Konaseema and West Godavari districts. He said that 30 villages in nine mandals have been inundated and 749 families affected. Over 7o rehabilitation centres have been set up and “all …

100 Villages in Merged Mandals Cut Off Due to Godavari Floods
1 year, 5 months ago

100 Villages in Merged Mandals Cut Off Due to Godavari Floods

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: More than 100 villages in merged mandals have been badly hit by the Godavari floods. Nearly 30 villages in Kunavaram mandal, 30 villages in VR Puram of ASR district, 10 in Kukkunuru and 25 in Velerupadu of Eluru district remained cut off as the road connectivity was snapped due to the flooding. More than 600 inhabitants of Vaddigudem left …

Road breached due to floods in G Pedapudi: Road connectivity to four villages snapped
1 year, 5 months ago

Road breached due to floods in G Pedapudi: Road connectivity to four villages snapped

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: A road connecting four villages near G Pedapudi of P Gannavaram mandal in the BR Konaseema district breached on Thursday due to rising water levels in River Godavari. The people refuse to leave the villages for safe places during the floods and instead use boats for getting essential commodities to their homes from G Pedapudi. The collector said eight …

Second flood warning near Godavari
2 years, 3 months ago

Second flood warning near Godavari

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Water resources authorities have issued second flood warning after Godavari River crossed 13.75 feet at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram at 10:00 am on Wednesday, with 13 lakh cusecs of water being discharged at the time. However, water level became stable at 14.40 feet with discharge of 13.66 lakh cusecs from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. …

Floods cut AP transport link to Odisha, Telangana, Chattisgarh
2 years, 3 months ago

Floods cut AP transport link to Odisha, Telangana, Chattisgarh

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The floods in River Godavari, causing a lot of misery, have snapped road connectivity to Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana from the merged mandals of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The joint collector of Alluri Seetharama Raju district and Rampachodavaram ITDA project officer Suraj Ganore told Deccan Chronicle that people of three villages in Kunavaram mandal have been evacuated and sent …

Godavari in spate again
2 years, 3 months ago

Godavari in spate again

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The people of merged mandals in Chinturu division of Alluri Seetharama Raju district are again facing the flood problem as River Godavari remains swollen with floodwaters from upstream areas. The first warning was sounded at Bhadrachalam when the water level there touched 45.17 feet while waters were overflowing beyond the first warning level in Kunavaram at 17.76m on Monday …

The great Godavari floods
2 years, 3 months ago

The great Godavari floods

The Hindu  

In the last week of June, Kunja Sai Kumar, a farmer belonging to the Koya tribe, was jubilant as he sat with the 160 families of his community in Mukunuru village for a dinner. “We are apprehensive that the water level in the Godavari will constantly hover above the first flood warning level of 43 ft at Bhadrachalam once the …

Floods in River Godavari start abating
2 years, 4 months ago

Floods in River Godavari start abating

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Floods in River Godavari have started receding from Saturday evening, as inflows from its tributaries Sabari and Pranahita have come down. Authorities discharged 14.80 lakh cusecs of flood waters till 4 p.m. on Saturday from Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage. People of Kunavaram mandal have decided to undertake a “Bus Yatra’’ to meet Chief Minister Y.S. People of Tekubaka village …

Flood level of Godavari remains steady
2 years, 4 months ago

Flood level of Godavari remains steady

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: As the flood level of River Godavari at Dowleswaram has remained steady till Friday evening, the second level warning continues to remain in force. Water resource officials discharged 14,76,919 causes of excess waters into Bay of Bengal, with the flow continuing to remain same from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. Flood waters have submerged villages of the …

Godavari floods | In a deluge, they are a beacon of hope for the stranded
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari floods | In a deluge, they are a beacon of hope for the stranded

The Hindu  

Amid the unprecedented floods in the Godavari, rescue and relief operations pose a challenge, and reaching out to the stranded people in the marooned habitations is a daunting task. When this Correspondent joined the relief operation teams in Boori Lanka island, a sarangi said, “Riding the traditional boat is the only skill that can be offered from our side to …

Godavari recedes at Bhadrachalam, Puvvada blames Polavaram for delayed outflow
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari recedes at Bhadrachalam, Puvvada blames Polavaram for delayed outflow

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The water level in Godavari river at Bhadrachalam town, which was in spate due to incessant rains, has now started receding even as the state government continued to maintain relief camps for flood victims, Telangana Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said on Tuesday. As we mentioned earlier, Telangana will see an uncomfortable situation due to the Polavaram project work," Ajay …

Godavari floods prove engineers wrong about Polavaram impact
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari floods prove engineers wrong about Polavaram impact

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The Polavaram project-affected families are in a sad plight as the rehabilitation colonies too have been inundated. The people of the merged mandals and the administrations of Polavaram and Devipatnam mandals had repeatedly urged the authorities to settle their R&R packages by bringing their villages under the 41.5 contour instead of the 45.5 contour before taking up the project …

Godavari flood remains steady in Andhra Pradesh
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari flood remains steady in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Flood flow remained rather steady at 25.93 lakh cusecs in river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday morning. State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar said the deluge showed signs of decreasing as the flow at Cotton Barrage remained steady. The state government sanctioned an additional assistance of Rs 3 crore each to Alluri Sitarama Raju, Eluru …

Godavari floods | Over 60,000 people shifted to relief camps from 600 villages in Andhra Pradesh
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari floods | Over 60,000 people shifted to relief camps from 600 villages in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

More than 60,000 people were shifted to rehabilitation centres from the flood-affected villages in six districts in the State, said the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority officials. A team of APSDMA led by Special Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad, who has been monitoring the flood situation from APSDMA headquarters at Kunchanapalli in Guntur district, said that 21 Mandals of …

Floods isolate 554 villages in six districts of AP; Third warning issued
2 years, 5 months ago

Floods isolate 554 villages in six districts of AP; Third warning issued

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The flood situation in Godavari worsened on a massive scale on Friday as 21,32,140 cusecs of excess water was discharged into the Bay of Bengal from the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram by 8 pm. The flood waters surrounded 554 villages in six districts --Alluri Seetharama Raju, Eluru, Konaseema, West Godavari and East Godavari. Eluru collector Venkatesh oversaw …

Andhra Pradesh: 30 villages in West Godavari inundated
2 years, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 30 villages in West Godavari inundated

The Hindu  

With the Godavari in spate, about 30 villages in Achanta, Narsapuram and Elamanchili mandals have been inundated and efforts are on to evacuate the affected people. Badava, Doddipatla and other villages have been marooned,” said West Godavari district Collector P. Prasanthi. Civil Supplies Minister K. Venkata Nageswara Rao and ZP Chairman K. Srinivas visited Enuguvani Lanka and Doddipatla villages, near …

Godavari Flood fury increasing by hour: 24 lakh cusecs expected by evening
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari Flood fury increasing by hour: 24 lakh cusecs expected by evening

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The Godavari flood fury was increasing by the hour, with 17,07,047 cusecs of water discharged from Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram that was at 16.40 feet, and a third warning has been issued here. Godavari is swollen with the heavy rains in its upper reaches and transport facility was totally cut off to two villages -- Koida and …

Godavari, Krishna in spate; high alert continues in AP
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari, Krishna in spate; high alert continues in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government continues to maintain high alert for the second consecutive day as several parts of the state received heavy to very heavy rainfall. The government has positioned one NDRF and two SDRF teams at Chintur of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, one SDRF team in Konaseema district and one in Velerupadu of Eluru district as a precautionary …

Heavy rains trigger flood alert in several Telangana districts
2 years, 5 months ago

Heavy rains trigger flood alert in several Telangana districts

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: With heavy rains lashing Telangana during the past two days, resulting in the overflowing of lakes, streams and three rivers Godavari, Pranahita and Manair, officials have issued a red alert in Bhupalpally and Mulugu districts, apart from an orange alert in Warangal, Hanamkonda, Mahbubabad and Jangaon districts. The highest 98 millimetres of rain has been recorded in Khanapur mandal …

River Godavari levels in AP rising
2 years, 5 months ago

River Godavari levels in AP rising

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Heavy rains in Telangana have led to water levels in Godavari River rising at Polavaram and Dowleswaram. He felt water levels may recede within two days, as there are no heavy rains in Maharashtra. Water levels recorded are 8.690 metres at Kunavaram, 3.480 metres at Kunta, 13.950 feet at Old Bridge in Rajamahendravaram and 10.90 feet at Sir Arthur …

Heavy rains in Andhra sweep cargo vessel to coast, leave trail of destruction in state
4 years, 2 months ago

Heavy rains in Andhra sweep cargo vessel to coast, leave trail of destruction in state

India Today  

The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal that crossed the coast close to Kakinada in East Godavari district on Tuesday morning weakened and moved further west-northwestwards but not before it left a trail of devastation as it brought with it a massive downpour in several districts of Andhra Pradesh. Rainfall ranging from 11.5 cm to 24 cm was recorded …

Bihar, AP Still Facing Grim Deluge Situations, CWC Warns of Likely Flashfloods, Landslides in Northern Hill Districts
4 years, 4 months ago

Bihar, AP Still Facing Grim Deluge Situations, CWC Warns of Likely Flashfloods, Landslides in Northern Hill Districts

News 18  

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Monday, while central authorities warned some hill districts in the north of likely flashfloods and landslides as heavy rains disrupted normal life in parts of the country. At least seven people drowned in flooded water bodies in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and the Central Water Commission said its 15 stations in Bihar, …

Andhra Pradesh Issues Second Flood Warning as Godavari River Continues to be in Spate, SDRF Deployed
4 years, 4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Issues Second Flood Warning as Godavari River Continues to be in Spate, SDRF Deployed

News 18  

The swollen Godavari river continued to cause flood havoc in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday as tens of villages lay marooned even as three teams of State Disaster Response Force have been deployed for rescue and relief operations. The East Godavari district administration moved over 2,000 people to four relief camps under Rampachodavaram and Yetapaka …

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