During the inspection, Ahmed reviewed the current conditions of the drains and noted that the desilting work has been effectively completed, with no waterlogging observed despite the heavy rains.
Tanks and streams overflowed with incidents of tanks breaching in some places. Munneru stream in Khammam city was in spate and flood level reached 36 feet.
The department is continuously monitoring the situation in the State and all senior officials were instructed to be present in the head quarters and supervise the situation.
According to reports, the two shepherds were moving along with 200 sheep when they got trapped at Sirasawada area due to overflowing of the Dundubhi river.
As a precautionary measure keeping in view the safety of children, the holiday is declared for these schools functioning under all managements i.e., Government/ Aided/Private in Hyderabad district.
According to the rainfall report available on Telangana Development Planning Society’s website, the actual average rainfall of the district was measured to be 49.5 mm of rainfall.
In a statement, executive engineer of the project Rathod Vittal urged shepherds and farmers not move downstream of the project as the surplus water might be released.