The Mulugu police station has been cut off due to heavy rains over the last three days. The approach road to the station is underwater because the Rallawagu bridge is submerged.
In Hyderabad, all irrigation projects in Telangana are experiencing heavy inflows of water. This is due to continuous heavy rains in various districts and neighboring states.
Officials report that heavy rains have occurred in Jagtial, Nizamabad, Nirmal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Nizamabad, and Mulugu. Some rain also fell in Hanamkonda, Karimnagar, Komaram Bheem, Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Kamareddy, and other districts.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for 10 districts.
The heavy rains have caused water levels to rise in the Jurala project. The project is receiving inflows of 83,000 cusecs of water. Authorities have lifted 17 gates and are releasing 1.01 lakh cusecs of water downstream to the Srisailam dam. Due to the rising water levels in the Srisailam dam, hydel power generation has started at the Srisailam power stations. Currently, the dam is receiving inflows of 97,208 cusecs of water. The gates have not been lifted yet, and there is no outflow to Nagarjuna Sagar.
The water level at Srisailam is currently 817.7 feet, with a full level of 885 feet.
Similarly, the water levels in the Godavari and Pranahita rivers are rising as water from Alamatti and Narayanapur is being released downstream. Officials report that the total floodwater coming from Alamatti and Narayanpur is 1.25 lakh cusecs. The height of Alamatti is 519.6 meters, and currently, the water level is 517.9 meters. Alamatti’s storage capacity is 123 TMC, with current water levels at 96.36 TMC, which is 78 percent full. Authorities are releasing 1.25 lakh cusecs of water due to the chance of more floodwater coming.
In Narayanpur, the inflows are 1.25 lakh cusecs, and outflows are 1.35 lakh cusecs. The storage capacity of Narayanpur reservoir is 33 TMC, with current water levels at 29 TMC. All 17 gates have been opened.
At Bhadrachalam, the Godavari water level is 41.90 feet. The inflow is over 8,85,203 cusecs. If the water level rises to 43 feet, the first warning will be issued.
