Officials remain alert in both Godavari districts

People being shifted to safer places; paddy fields in several hectares inundated

August 22, 2018 12:13 am | Updated 12:13 am IST - KAKINADA

Rain efffect:  A woman in Chodavaram trying to salvage whatever she can, as floodwaters inundate the village in West Godavari district on Tuesday.

Rain efffect: A woman in Chodavaram trying to salvage whatever she can, as floodwaters inundate the village in West Godavari district on Tuesday.

The second flood alert was retained at the Dowleswaram barrage for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with the water level in the Godavari touching 14.7 feet and the irrigation officials discharging 14.3 lakh cusecs into the Bay of Bengal.

Since the inflows are steady and water from the Sabari and other rivers continues to reach the Godavari, the irrigation officials estimate the situation to remain the same for one more day. Incessant rains are contributing to the increase in the water levels.

Officials of the revenue and police departments from East and West Godavari districts are on high alert. They are focusing on shifting people in the flood-prone areas to safer places.

Paddy fields in thousands of hectares have been inundated in both the districts. The loss caused to roads and bridges is yet to be assessed.

According to official statistics, 3,175 people have been shifted to 32 relief camps arranged in different parts of East Godavari district.

Crops in an extent of 17,000 hectares have been badly hit.

Damage to roads, bridges

Tribal mandals such as Maredumilli, Chintooru and Vara Ramachandrapuram are the worst-affected with roads and bridges bearing the brunt. A few tribal hamlets still remain cut off from the rest of the world.

In West Godavari district, Jalleru, Erra Kaluva and Kolleru are in spate. Standing crops in hundreds of hectares have been inundated.

Chodavaram village is under a sheet of water, rendering about 5,000 people homeless. Kolleru resembles a sea with the floodwaters joining the lake.

There is no transportation to the island villages.

SP M. Ravi Prakash inspected the Gundugolanu-Kovvuru road near Ananthapalli, which was under a sheet of water. He advised people not to travel by two-wheelers. He also inspected the flood-affected Chodavaram and Gundepalli villages, where a bridge across an agriculture canal was washed away, and monitored the relief activities.

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