Vijayawada: As Godavari river flows in paunchy spate with water stage touching 15.07toes at Sir Arthur Cotton barrage in Dowleswaram with a discharge of 15.11 lakh cusecs of water downstream by 8pm, a high alert is on all along the path of the river.
Water sources authorities acknowledged the water stage at Bhadrachalam crossed 53 toes, crossing the third hazard label by gradual within the night. It takes virtually 18 hours for the upward thrust in water stage at Sir Arthur Cotton barrage below ideal conditions. The water stage there was expected to the touch the third warning stage of 17.75toes with a discharge of over 17 lakh cusecs downstream by Thursday afternoon.
Godavari conservator Kasi Visweswara Rao acknowledged, “We now enjoy diagnosed five to 6 weak villages at the side of Sundaravalli, Kolla and Bobbilanka for emergency relief in case the river witnesses heavy floods. We are preserving our technical personnel prepared and mobilised flood relief arena material to meet exigency.”
The authorities all along the path of Godavari are maintaining high alert.
As for the Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, 18 out of 22 mandals had been diagnosed as flood-vulnerable and 31 island villages are located in these weak mandals. The district administration has arranged mechanised and nation boats for rescue works in case an emergency arose within the total 31 islands villages.
Officers enjoy diagnosed 338 pregnant females, of which 52 are within the high-probability category and they are being carefully monitored, to be shifted to the health centre in case of a need. As many as 970 elderly other folk enjoy additionally been diagnosed for doable assistance.
Practically 1,000 other folk enjoy already been evacuated to cyclone shelters. The district authorities say that because the villagers originate their homes one meter above the toll road stage, their homes might presumably now not be affected as of now; until the third flood warning is issued.
Those living in kutcha homes had been being evacuated to relief centres. As the islanders are weak to toxic snake bites all around the season of floods in Godavari, the authorities enjoy saved stocks of the requisite medicines within the PHCs with a doctor working 24×7.
Officers are offering ingesting water packets, milk, food and other essentials to the marooned villagers within the islands.
Konaseema collector Himanshu Shukla acknowledged, “We now enjoy taken up all requisite steps to face the floods despite the truth that the third flood warning is issued at the Dowleswaram barrage. As now we enjoy got to disconnect energy provide when water reaches the sort of stage to manual determined of transformers getting affected, now we enjoy got disbursed 20,000 candles, two every for a household, within the absence of energy provide.”
The East Godavari district administration has equipped its rescue and relief machinery to meet the flood site. District collector Madhavi told young other folk now not to bustle to Godavari bridges and flood banks to use selfies on their cellphones, as it would also pose a important probability to their lives.
In Eluru district, virtually 3,239 flood victims had been evacuated to rehabilitation centres and the district administration has appointed special officers at rehabilitation centres to take care of the affected other folk.
Within the interim, below the affect of incessant rainfall, agricultural crops suffered inundation in about 5,400 acres, inflicting wretchedness to paddy nurseries, paddy and cotton in five districts at the side of Alluri Sitarama Raju, East Godavari, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema, West Godavari and Eluru.
Eluru district collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh acknowledged, “We now enjoy evacuated 6,000 other folk within the last two days especially from flood-hit Velerupadu and Kukkunuru mandals within the district to the rehabilitation centres and caring for them. We are alive to with the officials from Telangana districts to evaluate the Godavari flood site to prepare the action knowing to make sure security for all weak other folk.”
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