As many as 1,625 persons, including 350 children, have been evacuated from low-lying areas along the Krishna and accommodated in seven relief camps established by the municipal corporation. The flood in the river at Prakasam Barrage has stabilised between 4.10 lakh cusecs and 4.20 lakh cusecs.
But for a false alarm about a breach in the floodbank at Talagadadeevi in Nagayalanka, there have been no reports of breaches anywhere.
Krishna Central Irrigation division executive engineer Ramesh Babu told The Hindu that a team was rushed to Talagadadeevi but it turned out to be a false alarm. Water was seeping through the sandbag, but there was no breach as such. Steps were taken to strengthen the floodbank at the village, he said.
The water level at the half-constructed Pulichintala project touched 42 metres from the riverbed.
Except for two blocks constructed to the TBL (Tank Bund Level) and the girders of the power house under construction, the rest of the dam structure was under water.
In the city, families evacuated from Metla Bazar, Kodandarama temple ghat to the VMC reservoir have been accommodated at the Pandit Nehru Bus Station and relief camps established near Shirdi and Kanakadurga ghats.
Similarly, families evacuated from Ranadivenagar have been accommodated in VM Ranga School and families evacuated from Tarakaramanagar have been accommodated in Cement Godown and Indira Gandhi Stadium.
Families evacuated from Bhupesh Guptanagar, Balajingar, Police Colony, Ramalingeswaranagar, and Bhavanipuram have been accommodated in nearby municipal schools.
Personnel of different government departments worked tirelessly to provide power, drinking water, and other amenities to the flood-hit.
Irrigation authorities said that flood in the river would continue for the next 10 to 15 hours and then gradually recede. There had been a drop in the inflows into Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar dams, they said.
