Moderate to heavy rain lashed the catchment areas of the reservoirs across the district for the second consecutive day, raising the water level in Taliperu, Kinnerasani and other major reservoirs on Tuesday.
The Taliperu reservoir in Charla mandal received heavy inflows as the Chintavagu and other forest streams along the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh were in spate.
Ten crest gates of the dam were lifted, four fully and the remaining to a height of three feet, discharging about 25,000 cusecs of floodwater into the Godavari.
The water level in the Godavari at Bhadrachalam and Parnashala has increased slightly, owing to the considerable inflows from the swollen tributaries of the river in upstream areas.
According to sources, water level in Kinnerasani reservoir in Palvancha mandal has almost touched the full reservoir level of 407 feet on Tuesday.
In Khammam district, several parts of Madhira, Sattupalli and some other mandals witnessed light to moderate rainfall since early Tuesday.
Low-lying areas inundated
Staff Reporter adds from Sangareddy: Heavy rain lashed Sangareddy and Siddipet districts in the last two days with low-lying areas getting inundated. Many cellar areas used for parking vehicles in apartments were water-logged.
While Wargal in Gajwel revenue division received 10.6 mm rainfall, Mulugu received 9.6 mm. Only six mandals of the total 22 mandals in Siddipet division received excess rainfall while eight mandals registered normal rainfall. In the remaining mandals, the rainfall was deficit.
In Sangareddy district, Kohir mandal received 50.6 mm rain while it was 34.4 mm in Zaheerabad and Mogudampally. On August 28, the rainfall recorded in Mogudampalle and Zaheeerabad was 95 mm followed by 52.2 in Jarasangam. Almost all the tanks were full to the brim. The officials of the Agriculture department said there might be some crop loss for those who have grown cotton, but such instances were not reported yet. Water-logging was noticed in fields where cotton was grown at several places, he said, adding that there might be some damage to black gram as well.
