With proceeding of overwhelming floods in Godavari River has influenced more than 74,000 individuals in parts of East and West Godavari regions in Andhra Pradesh with almost 18,510 of them being moved to 77 help camps, authorities said on Monday. A subsequent cautioning sign has just been issued at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram as water stream in the waterway, which has been in spate since a week ago after substantial heavy rainfalls, crossed the 13 lakh cusecs mark on Sunday morning and nearly the whole quantum was being let out into the Bay of Bengal.
An aggregate of 384 Villages shrouded in 27 mandals are influenced in East and West Godavari Districts. Rising water released at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage, Dowaleswaram where the inflow was at 12, 47,974 cusecs and surge was 12, 47,974 cusecs of water. Transportation to 19 towns has been cut off and the Yedduvagu extension and Siddaramvagu scaffold were submerged, causing transportation issue and in excess of 17,000 houses have been marooned.
In excess of 125 medicinal camps were composed by the state government where 78 of them were in East Godavari and 47 in West Godavari. Locale Collectors have taken alleviation measures and starting at now circumstance is leveled out. There were no losses revealed as on Monday morning and groups of the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force connected with the influenced zones for circulation of Essential Commodities like Rice, Kerosene, Red Gram and fundamental supplies like sustenance and water.