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he Mesrams reached the temple of Indradevi located in Indervelli mandal centre in the morning.

The Mesrams gathered the water in a sacred container Jhari after worshipping the river goddess and performing certain traditional rituals.

The project had 1.5TMCft of water now against its full storage capacity of 3TMCft.

The construction of a second high-level bridge spanning the river Godavari in Bhadrachalam appears to be an endless tale, with the project ongoing despite the foundation being laid eight years ago.

Teppotsavam would be celebrated on December 22 evening and Uttara Dwara Darshanam on December 23

The teams would take notice of any unusual features such as cracks , bulges and hallows which could be indicative of the deterioration of the structures.

Rabi crop irrigation schedule under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme would proceed as planned, and the farmers in the ayacut area would not be let down, said Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief N Venkateswarlu

One person died, a youth went missing in river Godavari and five injured in different incidents related to Ganesh immersion in erstwhile Khammam

Amid continuing downpours, water has been released from various dams, including the Gangapur reservoir, in the district. This has led to a rise in the water level of Godavari, the official said.

The scope for the Kharif crop under the Nagarajuna Sagar Left Canal has been ruled out entirely and the same is likely to be the case with the Rabi crop

Kothagudem Collector Dr Priyanka Ala along with ITDA PO Prateek Jain and Bhadrachalam ASP Paritosh Pankaj inspected the immersion site at Godavari bathing ghats

Consequent to widespread rains in the catchment, all the projects on the river started receiving heavy inflows and they are likely to rise further tonight

Along with the SRSP project, samples were also collected from Basara, Yamcha and other areas and preliminary tests were conducted and it was revealed that the waters were not contaminated

The body of a 25-year old man, who died by suicide allegedly by jumping in to the Godavari river three days ago, was traced at Gudem village in Mancherial

Stating that compensation too was not paid to the farmers, he said that no efforts were made to resolve the disputes with the neighbouring states.

With all major irrigation projects on the Krishna and Godavari rivers receiving huge inflows, hydel power generation has begun in a few of them

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao would ensure that coal mines were allocated to the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), thwarting the attempts being made by the Centre to allot the mines to others including private agencies, Energy Minster Jagadish Reddy said.

The committee, comprising of senior engineers from the Irrigation department and experts from other agencies, will study flood control approaches adopted in the two major river basins of India - Ganga and Brahmaputra and submit its report within a month.

Kothagudem Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala has directed medical officers to conduct a fever survey in the villages that were flooded due to the recent heavy rains in the district to prevent the spread of viral diseases

Nearly 115 villages were marooned in the Chinturu, Vararamachandrapuram and Koonavaram mandals of Alluri Sitarama Raju district in the agency with the Godavari and Sabari rivers in spate.