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Bhadrachalam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday expressed suspicion that the State was witnessing cloudbursts, which could be part of a larger conspiracy by foreign countries against India, resulting in floods in the Godavari. He said unusual calamities were occurring due to climate change and the State government was taking measures to protect its […]

Mulugu: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed officials of the irrigation department to take steps to prevent the flooding of the habitations during the monsoon season and find a permanent solution to the miseries of the people living along the banks of the River Godavari. He sanctioned Rs 8.3 crore to the flood-hit districts […]

Hyderabad: Barring Lakshmi barrage at Medigadda, the Irrigation department officials closed the crest gates of major water bodies in Godavari basin as inflows were dropped significantly. In spite of getting inflows in less than 30,000 cusecs, the officials decided to close the gates of several dams. Thirty-six gates of the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) in […]

Hyderabad: Tearing into the State BJP for defaming the TRS Government in the wake of heavy rains and flooding of pumphouse at Kaleshwaram, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy sought to know why the BJP-led Central Government does not extend assistance to the flood-affected Telangana while Gujarat gets immediate flood relief. Stating that record rainfall occurred […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has been receding slowly though the water level was still above the danger level and the flood flow was above the 70 feet mark on Saturday. At 4am in the day the water level was 71.30 feet, it came down to 70.90 feet […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao slammed the Narendra Modi government at Centre for not coming to the rescue of rain-battered Telangana. He stated that the Central government was treating Telangana like an enemy and taking revenge on the State without sanctioning funds on one pretext or the other, with political motives. […]

Hyderabad: After pounding the State for nearly a week, rains took a break at several areas on Friday but the Telangana government continued relief and rescue operations along with the Army as the flood situation at Bhadrachalam remained grim. The Met department forecast of light to moderate rains at a few places in the State […]

Jagtial: Tension prevailed in Erdandi of Ibrahimpatnam mandal when the villagers hurled stones on the convoy of Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Friday. The MP’s car and two other vehicles were damaged in the incident. Trouble broke out when Arvind came to the village to inspect the Godavari river flowing at danger mark near Erdandi. Villagers […]

Amaravati: Hundreds of villages, mainly the lankas (island villages), along the course of Godavari are reeling under one of the worst floods as the swollen river has been discharging 19.05 lakh cusecs of water as on Friday morning. The flood crossed the third danger signal at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in […]

Kothagudem: The flood situation in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district remained grim with rapid increase in water level in the river on Thursday. The water level in the river, which was flowing above danger level, has crossed 60 feet level at 12 noon. At 6 pm the water level reached 62.20 feet with […]

Mancherial: An IAF chopper air lifted two shepherds stranded in the overflowing Godavari river on the outskirts of Somanpalli village in Chennur mandal on Thursday. The air force chopper was pressed into service after the local MLA Balka Suman sought help of Municipal Administration minister K T Rama Rao in rescuing the two sheperds. Accordingly, […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari, which was flowing above danger level at Bhadrachalam in the district, has been increasing rapidly and reached 60.30 feet at 12 noon. It was the eighth time the river crossed the 60 feet mark since 1976. The bridge across Godavari at Bhadrachalam would be closed on Thursday from […]

Hyderabad: With incessant rains continuing to disrupt normal life, the Telangana government has advised people to stay indoors and cooperate with rescue operations in case of an emergency. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who has been closely monitoring the flood situation in the State for the last two days, directed the officials to take all […]

Hyderabad: With the incessant rains continuing to disrupt normal life, the State government has decided to extend the holidays for all educational institutions across Telangana till Saturday. People were advised to remain indoors and cooperate with the officials during rescue operations in case any emergency. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao who is constantly monitoring the […]

Warangal: With the incessant rains battering many parts of erstwhile Warangal district, mainly Bhupalpally and Mulugu districts, streams and rivulets are overflowing and road connectivity for many villages was cut off in the Agency area. Low-lying areas were inundated causing hardships to the people living those areas. Keeping this in view, the officials of the […]

Jagtial: Godavari river is flowing at danger mark at Dharmapuri temple town following the heavy rains in its catchment areas during the last four days. Besides incessant rains, release of water from Kadem and Sri Ram Sagar Projects increased the water level at Dharmapuri. While Kadem project is getting 5,09,025 cusecs of water from its […]

Amaravati: The flood flow in river Godavari reached 15 lakh cusecs on Wednesday morning even as the second warning signal continued. However, the flood is apparently decreasing, according to State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar. “By evening the intensity could lessen but still people in vulnerable areas should remain cautious,” Ambedkar said […]

Kothagudem: A day after receding, the water level in river Godavari has been rising rapidly and reached the third warning level at Bhadrachalam on Wednesday. The water level touched 53 feet, the third warning mark at 11.55 am putting the government machinery on high alert. The District Collector Anudeep Durishetty in a statement stated that […]

Jagtial: A news channel reporter got washed away in flood water while he was on his way to cover the rescue operation of nine farm labourers stranded in a Kurru (Island) located in the middle of Godavari river near Bornapalli of Raikal Mandal. Reporter of NTV channel, Jameer along with another reporter was on his […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has been receding and came down to 52.9 feet at 8.35 am on Tuesday with the decrease in flood inflow from upstream projects. As a result the third warning has been withdrawn and the second warning was in force as the river was […]