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Kodad town and its surrounding areas, which were severely affected by recent floods, continued to face severe disruptions on Tuesday too even as the water levels began to recede from streams and canals.

Bodhan MLA P Sudarshan Reddy, District Collector Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu, Police Commissioner Kamleshwar Shingenavar and other officials visited Sriram Sagar Reservoir on Tuesday and took stock of the situation

The alert warns of heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over the next two days.

They crossed Dindi canal for fishing and got trapped after water levels increased; Since last evening, they were stranded there and had spent the entire night in fear

The average rainfall of Adilabad was gauged to be 29.4 according to a weather report published on website of Telangana Planning Development Society

The project, built on the Nallavagau stream, a tributary of river Godavari, attained its full reservoir level of 747 MCft

Officials said the dewatering process is progressing efficiently, with pumps and other equipment deployed to remove the excess water

The decision came a bit late at 7.3o am when most private school buses had already started picking up the students.

Even as the nine persons stranded on Munneru bridge at Prakash Nagar in Khammam city on Sunday were saved by residents of Venkatagiri, a village near Khammam, deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has wrongfully taken the credit for their rescue.

Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao said 31 people had died due to rains in the last couple of days according to information obtained from their cadre. However, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy declared that only 16 people died in the State.

The residents of flooded areas in the district have started to clean their houses that turned muddy due to rains and floodwaters

The State government put the damage at Rs.5,000 crore as per preliminary estimates and sought an immediate assistance of Rs.2,000 crore from the Centre.

Ashwini’s body was found in a palm oil farm near the bridge. Efforts to trace Motilal continued on Monday, with the body being finally retrieved by the search parties.

Bodies of Cheppala Pavan (22), a bill collector (Karobar) and a fisherman Goskula Kumar (45) who went missing in two different incidents, were found on Monday

Irrigation officials have released water from a few projects by lifting flood gates to maintain water levels, while a few reservoirs were yet to reach their full reservoir level (FRL).

Collector Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu has declared holidays for all the educational institutions, including private ones in the district on Tuesday, following IMD forecast.

Collector Abhilasha Abhinav asked the managements of the institutions to take steps to prevent inconvenience to the pupils.

Authorities have advised visitors to exercise caution while trekking in the area due to the increased water flow and slippery conditions.

Currently, the reservoir holds 76 TMC of water, with inflows exceeding 1.95 lakh cusecs, potentially adding 17 to 18 TMC to its storage daily.

According to officials, 22 mandals of the total 26 received heavy rainfall during the period