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Sixteen Maoists, including nine women, were apprehended during a combing operation by Kumram Bheem Asifabad police in Sirpur (U) mandal. Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted the group, which had reportedly entered the district to surrender.

A 26-year-old Congress activist from Royyalapalli village drowned in the Pranahita river while taking a holy dip during Diwali celebrations. Police have launched a search operation, but the body is yet to be recovered.

The Medigadda barrage, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, is effectively managing the current monsoon floods, contradicting political claims of its structural failure. Handling an inflow of 5.5 lakh cusecs, the barrage has also managed record-level inflows in previous years.

The Godavari River upstream of Pranahita experiences heavy flooding due to widespread rainfall. Sriram Sagar Project receives inflows of 1.51 lakh cusecs, prompting flood alerts and controlled water releases to irrigate over 15 lakh acres across Telangana.

Reservoirs in Telangana’s Krishna basin, including Srisailam, Jurala, and Nagarjuna Sagar, are operating at full capacity amid heavy inflows, releasing significant volumes downstream. In contrast, reservoirs in the Godavari basin remain dry, though tributaries like Pranahita and Medigadda Barrage report substantial flow.

The village, situated between the two water bodies, was isolated after both were in spate. Residents, living in fear since the disconnection, urged officials to relocate them to safer areas and ensure basic safety measures are in place

As of Thursday morning, both inflow and outflow at the barrage reached 71,900 cusecs, a sharp increase from Wednesday’s inflow of 31,900 cusecs, effectively doubling in just two days. However, not even a trickle could be utilised as all the 85 gates of the barrage were kept open draining the flood flow for want of barrage rehabilitation.

Concerns are mounting over potential plans to weaken the project’s functionality with political decisions at the centre

The farmers have also requested officials to take preventive measures to prevent straying of the elephants into their fields. They fear that the elephants might damage crops besides killing humans

Sources said that Kampella Raj Kumar, 20, a degree-final-year student from Vemanapalli drowned when he along with his friends was taking taking a bath in Pranahita river at Muyaboinapet village.

The Irrigation department's top brass is deeply divided over the fate of the Medigadda barrage and the broader Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). While a significant majority, barring a few exceptions, supports putting two of the three barrages back into operation, some senior officials believe that the Medigadda barrage's issues are being overemphasized.

While Zahir and Irshad operated a footwear outlet, Moiz was working with a mobile phone shop in Bejjur.

Police have also intensified combing operations to thwart any attempts by Maoists to sneak into Telangana from Maharashtra by crossing the Pranahita river

Even as the latest round of heavy rains continue to disrupt normal life in the State, the Medigadda Barrage, has demonstrated remarkable resilience, dispelling concerns about its structural integrity

Around 20 villages in different mandals were isolated from the mainstream with roads and bridges getting washed away by floods in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district, following swelling of streams and Penganga and Pranahita river.

The harmful fish commonly known as Suckermouth Catfish has sharp fins all over its body, making it distinctive. It is found in the Amazon Basin of America.

CP M Srinivasulu told the police officials to be watchful of the floods in view of incessant rains registered in the district.

Dimda and Shivapelli villages and Naikapuguda, a hamlet under Babasagar in Chintalamanepalli mandal, Thalayi, Thikkapalli and Bheemaram of Bejjur mandal were stranded in the backwaters of Pranahita river, which was in spate due to heavy rains.

Kotapalli forest department seized 20 teak timber logs smuggled by unknown persons on the banks of Pranahita river at Janagama village in Kotapalli mandal on Sunday.

Patha Venkataramana, who led the team, told pressmen that building the barrage across Pranahita river was the only option left following sinking of the piers of the Medigadda barrage, a part of KLIP.