The water levels in river Godavari, which hovered around the first warning level of 43 feet on Saturday, have dropped below the first warning level on Sunday
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao reviewed the situation and instructed officials to stay vigilant to prevent any loss of life as heavy rains continued to lash the united Adilabad district, causing flooding in low-lying areas.
Two crest gates of Kaddam Narayana Reddy Project did not function, posing a threat to the structure and forcing the officials concerned to be on toes, on Friday.
Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar reached Bhadrachalam, inspected low lying areas and held a review meeting with officials on flood relief measures.
With heavy rainfall predicted for the next 48 hours, Telangana government kept the administration on high alert, especially in north Telangana districts
Kothagudem Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala held a review meeting at Bhadrachalam on the flood situation and directed officials to shift people in flood prone villages to relief centres
Chairman of Task Force assured that the allocated waters of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh would not be touched while implementing the Godavari-Krishna-Penna-Cauvery interlinking project
District Collector Anudeep Durishetty held a teleconference with district officials on Saturday. He said that around 1.25 lakh laddus were made available for the sale to the devotees during Mukkoti celebrations.
Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link project envisaging diversion of about 7,000 Million Cubic Meters (MCM) of water from Godavari basin to Krishna, Pennar and Cauvery basins was not taking shape due to lack of consensus among stakeholder States.