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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Telangana rains: 1,000 evacuated; Godavari in full spate
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Telangana rains: 1,000 evacuated; Godavari in full spate

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao directs his ministerial colleagues to stay in their respective districts and monitor the flood situation

Residents stand in floodwater outside their homes following heavy rain in Alwal on the outskirts of Hyderabad on 23 September. Photo: AFPPremium
Residents stand in floodwater outside their homes following heavy rain in Alwal on the outskirts of Hyderabad on 23 September. Photo: AFP

Hyderabad: With heavy downpour pummelling Telangana over the past few days, authorities are keeping a watch on the flood situation even as over 1,000 villagers were evacuated in Karimnagar district.

The water from the under-construction Mid Manair Dam in Boinapally mandal of Karimnagar had started overflowing from the bund and the earthen embankment had got breached, resulting in floods in the area.

“Over 1,000 villagers staying in six villages near the Mid Manair dam, which was overflowing, were evacuated last evening. It was a precautionary evacuation... the situation has now improved and they will be sent back today," special chief secretary (revenue) Pradeep Chandra told PTI on Monday.

Chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had on Sunday directed his ministerial colleagues to stay in their respective districts and monitor the flood situation and supervise relief and rehabilitation works. In view of the flood situation, Rao cancelled the Cabinet meeting scheduled on Monday and asked the ministers to work in coordination with district-level officials and ensure evacuation of people from the low-lying areas to safer places.

In the wake of increasing flow in Godavari river and its tributaries following heavy rains in the catchment areas of the river in Maharashtra, the chief minister directed the district ministers, officials and also the police of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam districts, to remain alert.

Rao further directed Warangal district administration to be on high alert as river Godavari is in full spate. The river is receiving huge inflows, therefore those living on the banks of the river should be alerted. Similarly, the CM asked the minister T. Nageshwara Rao to maintain alertness in Khammam district as the water level in the river could reach danger level at Bhadrachalam in the district.

“We are taking measures in view of the heavy rains in the past few days in the state including in Hyderabad, which is unprecedented after the 1908 floods in the city," he said. DIG (Warangal Range) Ravi Varma told PTI, “We are keeping a watch on water level in Warangal and Khammam districts. Our personnel have been deployed in the villages along the river bank, if necessary, the process of evacuation will begin."

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Published: 26 Sep 2016, 05:39 PM IST
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