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The Mesrams fetched the holy water in an ancient container from a spot called Hasthanamadugu in Godavari near Kalamadugu village in Jannaram mandal of Mancherial district by trekking for 150 kilometers

Highlights injustice meted out to water-starved erstwhile Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts, demands swift action to secure Palamuru region’s rightful share of water resources

The project is estimated to cost over Rs 80,000 crore; aims to divert water from Godavari to Rayalaseema region in Krishna basin

The project is expected to have serious ramifications, but its realisation depends on the perspective and approach of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-2, headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar

This component was intended to draw an additional one TMC of water per day from Godavari River, increasing existing capacity from two TMC to three TMC per day

The National Water Development Agency has ruled out the possibility of enhancing the water shares of States from the 148 TMC sought to be diverted by linking the Godavari and Pennar rivers and emphasised consensus approach to serve national interests.

Chennur police reported that the two young individuals from Dugnepalli entered the river for a fun swim, despite not knowing how to swim.

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.

The construction of a new karakatta with Rs 40 crore prevented flooding in Bhadrachalam town and the surrounding villages.te

The river crossed the second warning level at 5.15 pm and the water level of at 8 pm was 48.80 feet with a discharge of 11.82 lakh cusecs.

The water level at 11 am was 45.50 feet with discharge of 10.32lakh cusecs.

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.

The flood levels at Bhadrachalam are anticipated to reach critical warning points within the next 24 hours. This marks the second flood event in the river within five weeks.

The project, built on the Nallavagau stream, a tributary of river Godavari, attained its full reservoir level of 747 MCft

SRSP Superintending Engineer says water level almost reached 90%, hence the floodgates of the project were lifted and released into Godavari

Senior BRS leader and former MP B Vinod Kumar said the State government was doing injustice to farmers by denying irrigation water with a grudge against BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao.

Rallavagu is a tributary of Godavari river and once a source of irrigation for farmers. It flows for 7.5 kilometres in the town. However, the structures including huts were built in the buffer zone of the stream, affecting the course of the water body.

In broad daylight, dozens of sand laden trolleys hitched to tractors are zooming along the streets of Old Mancherial, Laxminagar, NTR Nagar, and many other parts of Mancherial town.

G Uday Kiran said that Altheti Ajay (19), a degree student and Gandham Charan (19) from Kondapur village in Dandepalli mandal met a watery grave when they were taking dip in a deepest spot of the river.

Water woes continue to haunt the farming community in the command area of the project even as Godavari, its sole source for drawls, had bountiful flood flows right from June