Heavy rains battered many parts of the district for the third consecutive day on Friday, disrupting vehicular traffic, causing water-logging and hampering coal production.
Tekulapalli mandal recorded the highest rainfall of 110.4 mm in the last 24 hours, ending at 8.30 a.m. on Friday. The district received an average rainfall of 38.3 mm during the same period.
A part of the portico of the century-old British era building housing the Mandal Revenue Office and the Sub-Treasury Office in Yellendu town collapsed in the early hours of the day owing to heavy downpour overnight. However, nobody was injured in the incident.
The Kinnerasani dam in Palvancha mandal, Taliperu reservoir in Charla mandal, and the Peddavagu reservoir in Aswaraopeta mandal are filled to the brim. Heavy volume of surplus water is being discharged from the three reservoirs downstream.
The water level in the Palair balancing reservoir in Kusumanchi mandal rose up to 18.2 feet. The Munneru rivulet received substantial inflows from its catchments areas on Friday.
People living in low-lying areas, including Kalvavoddu in Khammam town, have been alerted in view of the sudden rise in the water level in Munneru rivulet.
The road abutting Vinod Mahal theatre at Mayuri Centre was flooded since Thursday night. Incessant downpour over the past two days has disrupted coal production in Yellendu and Manuguru areas of Kothagudem region, resulting in a production loss of more than 40,000 tonnes, sources said.
Gundala, Mulakalapalli, and Aswaraopet mandals bore the brunt of heavy rains as the swollen forest streams inundated low-lying culverts at various places in the three mandals, cutting off road link to several remote tribal habitations, sources said.
Vehicular movement on Kantlam-Goppannagudem road in Aswaraopet mandal was disrupted for several hours on Friday due to the flooding.