Flood in the river Godavari has left a massive loss to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project by submerging three of its five key pump-houses linked to Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages.
Two pump houses under the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project were submerged in floodwaters of the Godavari in Mahadevpur mandal of Bhupalpally district on Thursday, due to heavy rains continued to lash the state.
The situation at the Kadem project in Nirmal district normalised after the water receded , but the situation in Bhadrachalam remained same as the water level of the Godavari touched 62.2 feet which is the highest since the formation of Telangana. The state received an average rainfall of 39.5 mm, recording a deviation of around 490 per cent this monsoon. At the Kaleshwaram project, the Kannepalli (Lakshmi) pump house that houses 17 heavy-duty motors and Annaram pump house that houses seven heavy-duty motors that have a capacity to pump out 2 TMC of water per day were inundated.
Seven NDRF teams three in Bhadradri-Kothagudem, two each in Mulugu and Bhupalpally have been deployed for rescue and relief operations. Officials are also regularly monitoring the water overflows into different projects. So far, Khanapur mandal in Nirmal district has recorded the highest rainfall, of 29.48 cm, followed by very heavy rainfall of in Adilabad, Asifabad, Nirmal, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Peddapalli, Karimnagar and Rajanna Sircilla districts.
On Thursday, chief secretary Somesh Kumar held a meeting with officials at BRKR Bhavan and took stock of the situation across the state. He emphasised operations in Mulugu, Bhupalpally and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts due to the alarming rise in the water level of Godavari. Low-lying areas of the districts were identified and monitored on an hourly basis.
Godavari and Pranahita rivers are flowing at Kaleshwaram. The river over flow lead the authorities to announce a red alert in Mahadevapur and Kaleshwaram Godavari catchment areas. The flood water that inundated the Pushkarghats entered the nearby houses. Residents in flooded areas have been evacuated by authorities. Godavari water level at Bhadrachalam reached 60.30 feet. 18.16 lakh cusecs and is currently flowing into the river. As a result, Bhadrachalam town is surrounded by flood water entering Kotha Colony, Subhash Nagar Colony, AMC Colony, Ayyappa Colony and Ram Temple area of the town.
