A statement from Excise Enforcement director VB Kamalasan Reddy here on Tuesday said the substance was seized under Bhadrachalam excise police station limits.
Following an FIR registered at Tadepalligudem town police station in Andhra Pradesh, Bhadradri Temple chief priest Podicheti Seetharamanuja Charyulu was suspended on Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao along with district Collector Muzammil Khan and Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt flagged off the Ganesh Shobha Yatra at Gandhi Chowk in Khammam.
Besides Telangana, two other riparian States – Odisha and Chhattisgarh - have also voiced their concerns over the risk of submergence caused by the project at its Full Reservoir Level (FRL).
The constable, Ramana Reddy, was working in the district police clues team. The locals, who found the body washed ashore at Nellipaka of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, informed the local police.
District Collector Muzammil Khan inspected the flooded colonies in the fourth ward of Wyra municipality and low lying colonies near Wyra reservoir and interacted with the residents. He told the residents to stay in relief centres set up by the government until the flood recedes.
Kendra Sahitya Akademi has appointed a writer and translator, KVVS Murthy of Bhadrachalam as a member of the akademi’s expert panel to prepare a ground list of the best Telugu translated books for award in translation
It might be noted that four leaders from erstwhile Khammam district have been appointed by the State government as chairpersons for different corporations in the first phase.
Impoundind water at Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages for pumping operations will pose threat to the temple town of Bhadrachalam and 44 villages along the side of the river, said Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy.
Officials issued a second warning late night on Friday after the water level crossed 48 feet. Water level at 6 am on Saturday was 50.50 feet with a discharge of 12.86 lakh cusecs and at 9 am it came down to 51.40 feet with a discharge of 13.37 lakh cusecs.