Flood reached 11.6 feet at Dowleswaram, 9.6 lakh cusecs discharged into sea

NDRF, SDRF teams swung into action

July 26, 2021 07:02 am | Updated 10:28 am IST - POLAVARAM (WEST GODAVARI DT.)

RAJAHNUNDRY ANDHRA PRADESH 08.09.19. Flood water being released into the sea from Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram on Sunday .

RAJAHNUNDRY ANDHRA PRADESH 08.09.19. Flood water being released into the sea from Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram on Sunday .

Officials sounded high alert at Polavaram and Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage (SACB-at Dowleswaram) with the officials discharging about 9 lakh cusecs from Polavaram project and SACB to the downstream on Sunday.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Police, Revenue and Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) officials swung into action in the flood affected villages.

AP State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has alerted the officials deployed on flood duty in West and East Godavari districts, and asked them to evacuate the people staying in low lying areas.

APSDMA Commissioner K. Kanna Babu has said that two NDRF teams were deployed in Chintur and one team was positioned at V.R. Puram mandal to take precautionary measures as the discharge was increasing.

“Villagers are requested to cooperate the officials, and not to venture into flood water for fishing, taking bath and travel on small and countrymade boats as the flood is heavy,” Mr. Kanna Babu said.

Speaking to The Hindu, Godavari Conservator, Dowleswaram Circle, G. Srinivas Rao said the water level at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage was 11.6 feet, and the irrigation officials were releasing 9.6 lakh cusecs by 2 p.m.

“We are discharging the flood water into Bay of Bengal by lifting all 175 gates, and cautioned the officials and the villagers, staying in the low lying areas and on the river bed to be alert as the discharge is heavy,” Mr. Srinivas Rao said.

At Polavaram spillway, the water level was 33 metres and the discharge was about 9 lakh cusecs, the officials said. Flood water was being released to the downstream from all the gates from Polavaram Project.

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