The Papaghni, Pennar, Cheyyeru and Mandavya rivers are in spate in Kadapa district owing to heavy rains.
Officials sounded an alert in villages along the catchment areas as the inflow of water to the Gandikota project was on the rise.
House collapse
A woman was injured when a mud house collapsed in Kondapuram of Jammalamadugu constituency on Tuesday morning. Chinnapalli village in Kondapuram mandal was marooned by the swollen Thimmapuram tank.
Power supply was disrupted all over Tsundupalle mandal since Monday night, due to burning of insulators and snapping of electric wires in the Tsundupalle electric sub-station.
Power supply hit
The technical snag was said to have been caused by lightning strike on a feeder in Thimmasamudram village. Transco AE Easwara Raju and staff were monitoring the repair work.
Officials released 3,090 cusecs from Pincha reservoir in Tsundupalle mandal, after inflows were received due to heavy rain in Piler in Chittoor district.
As water flowed over the low-level causeway near Chinna Bidiki Thanda in the mandal, movement of people and vehicles on it was stopped.
Heavy rainfall was recorded in Pulivendula, Jammalamadugu, Kondapuram, Proddatur, Simhadripuram and Muddanur mandals since Monday night.
Meanwhile, 10,000 cusecs was discharged by opening four gates of the Annamayya reservoir in Rajampet mandal. The reservoir has a storage up to the 203.20 metre mark. Water entered houses in the BC Colony in Simhadripuram and the Gangadevipalle tank was filled to the brim. A causeway across the Papaghni river was washed away near Alireddipalle village cutting off traffic movement between Alireddipalle, Thuvvapalli and Eguva Thuvvapalli villages and Vempalle town.
