Flood in Krishna threatens to submerge AP villages

All that is left: The top of the bridge across the Tungabhadra near Gilkesugur village, 32 km from Raichur, was washed away in flash floods.

The Hindu Villagers being ferried to a rehabilitation centre at Thotlavalluru in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. Photo: C H Vijaya Bhaskar

River Krishna virtually turned into a sea in all its fury on Monday as a record 10.61 lakh cusecs of flood water reached Prakasam Barrage, threatening to submerge some villages.

This is the heaviest flood in river Krishna in more than 106 years as the previous record stands at 10.30 lakh cusecs in 1903, irrigation authorities said.

The water level touched 21.4 feet at Prakasam Barrage and all the 72 sluice gates have been lifted to let out water into Bay of Bengal.

They said said the current flood discharge at Nagarjuna Sagar has been reduced to 10.3 lakh cusescs from 11 lakh cusecs on Sunday.

The discharge is expected to remain constant at least in the next 24 hours and the outflow from Prakasam Barrage will also be around 10.5 lakh cusecs.

Chodavaram village on the downstream of Prakasam Barrage is facing a grave threat as flood water is about to submerge the entire village.

However, there is no threat to lives as villagers have already moved to relief camps.

Two more villages near Thotalvalluru also faced a severe threat as river embankment is found to be weak. Water seepage from the embankment in some places could lead to inundation of villages on the Krishna left bank.

Lakhs of sand bags are being dumped along the embankment at vulnerable points to prevent any breach, revenue officials said.

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