Two mandals in the district received highest rainfall during the last 24 hours. Regonda mandal recorded 13.1 cm and Chityal - 10.8 cm., while 13 mandals recorded heavy rainfall as per the latest reports released on Sunday evening.
The district officials are now focusing on the villages abutting river Godavari in Eturunagaram and Mangapet mandals. People were alerted in view of more rain. The official machinery is ready to evacuate as many people as possible in case of heavy flooding.
Preliminary reports indicate that paddy crop in 2,252 hectares was damaged, maize in 481 hectares and cotton in 1,820 hectares.
Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari said a total of 66 tanks had developed leakages in the bund. Sand bags were kept ready to prevent possible tank breaches. As many as 28 roads of both the Panchayat Raj and Roads & Buildings departments were damaged in the district.
Over 100 electricity poles were damaged and 21 transformers became defunct due to rain. The Electricity Department sustained a loss of Rs.50 lakh and most of its infrastructure was damaged in urban areas. Meanwhile, the Pakhal lake in Khanapur mandal was brimming to the full capacity of 30 feet. Water was flowing over its surplus weir. Last time it witnessed such an amount of water was in 2008. Being Sunday, scores of people thronged to see the lake. The historic Rammappa and Laknavaram lakes were full to the capacity attracting lot of people. The streams Akeru, Dayyala Vagu, Morancha and several others are still in spate.
As there was light drizzle, the municipal officials got into action in tri-cities of Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet - trying to restore normalcy. Massive sanitation drive was launched and steps were being taken to prevent people from drains that cut into earth leaving huge crevices adjacent to main thoroughfares.
