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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

The locals who spotted the male child wrapped in plastic sheets informed police.

Bhatti, who held a review meeting on the power sector, said since all the reservoirs in the State were full, the power officials should take steps to generate maximum power through hydel power plants.

They discussed the redesign and repairs of the Peddavagu project which was breached recently due to heavy rains in Kothagudem district.

Widespread rains for the last two days in Kothagudem and Khammam districts disrupted normal life, coal production and transportation

The woman was not yet traced as the river was flowing at 37 feet height

Under pressure from farmers and elected representatives to support the Kharif operations, officials have decided to release water to the project from Mid Manair reservoir from August 4.

BRS leaders in Siddipet district also demanded the government to release water into Sangareddy, Ramayampet, Turkapally, and Jagadevpur canals besides filling all the minor irrigation tanks as an immediate relief to farmers.

The water level crossed the 53 feet mark at 4.16 pm and at 7 pm the water level was 53.30 feet with a discharge of 14.40 lakh cusecs.

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.

State government made no budget allocations for SLIP and BLIP that were envisaged to provide irrigation and drinking water to Sangareddy district.

The water level crossed the second warning level for the first time this season on July 22. It started receding on Wednesday at 10 pm the water level was 45.10 feet with a discharge of 10, 18,806 cusecs.

The water level at 6 pm was 45.20 feet and the first warning was in force.

The flood level in the river crossed the danger mark of 51 feet at the temple town of Bhadrachalam on Tuesday. In case of further rise in the river flow, the threat of huge submergence looms large.

The water level reached 43.60 feet at 8 pm with a discharge of 9, 60, 541 cusecs and forecast indicates further rise in the water level, said district Collector Jithesh V Patil.

A final decision will be taken at a meeting of the state official and representatives of the NDSA to be held in New Delhi on Monday.

The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem has been increasing steadily and reached 35.10 feet at 5 pm with a discharge of 5,96,805 cusecs of floodwater on Saturday.

He stated that the Medigadda barrage, which was written off by the Congress government, had disproved all the allegations against it by standing resolute and rocksolid surviving the flood once again

Three of the major projects- Medigadda, Sammakka Sagar and Seetarama Sagar on Godavari have been receiving heavy inflows and they are likely to rise further as heavy rains were forecast in north Telangana districts for the next two days.