Heavy inflows into Godavari and Krishna basins trigger flood alert

Hyderabad: Heavy inflows into major reservoirs in the Godavari and Krishna basins on Wednesday prompted flood alerts in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. Authorities intensified monitoring and released water downstream to manage rising levels.

Godavari basin reports high reservoir levels

At 6 p.m., Singur Project stood at 1713.05 feet against its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 1717.93 feet, storing 22.28 TMC with a flood cushion of 7.64 TMC. Inflows were 4,336 cusecs, with outflows at 633 cusecs. Nizam Sagar held 5.64 TMC against a 17.80 TMC capacity, receiving 1,600 cusecs with no release.

Sriram Sagar reached 1080.10 feet (FRL: 1091 feet), holding 45.16 TMC with 35.34 TMC of flood cushion. Inflows were 12,769 cusecs and outflows 4,163 cusecs. Kaddam Narayana Reddy Project received 24,723 cusecs and discharged 18,307 cusecs at a level of 696.25 feet.

Sripada Yellampally stored 14.07 TMC, receiving 19,062 cusecs and releasing 451 cusecs. Mid Manair saw inflows of 11,314 cusecs with 19.70 TMC flood cushion. Lower Manair received 2,485 cusecs and released 216 cusecs. Downstream, Medigadda (Laxmi Barrage) recorded 1,57,690 cusecs inflow and outflow, while Sammakka Sagar handled 1,41,350 cusecs inflow and 1,50,280 cusecs outflow.

Krishna basin flows rise sharply

In Karnataka, Almatti was at 1704.63 feet (FRL: 1705 feet) with 127.67 TMC, releasing 10,000 cusecs. Narayanapur stood at 1614.76 feet, releasing 12,960 cusecs.

In Telangana, Jurala saw inflows of 90,000 cusecs and outflows of 91,340 cusecs. Tungabhadra in Karnataka stored 80 TMC, releasing 19,624 cusecs.

Srisailam recorded 882.70 feet with 202.05 TMC, receiving 1,89,651 cusecs and releasing 2,74,602 cusecs. Nagarjuna Sagar stored 308.76 TMC with inflows of 2,28,141 cusecs and outflows of 2,69,445 cusecs.

In Andhra Pradesh, Pulichintala held 39.60 TMC at 170.864 feet, receiving 3,15,466 cusecs and releasing 3,15,450 cusecs, keeping the Krishna in full spate.

Flood alert in basin states

Officials have ordered round-the-clock monitoring of all major reservoirs and barrages, with engineers on site to regulate gates and avert breaches. Populations in low-lying stretches along both rivers remain on alert as continued heavy rain in the catchment is expected to sustain high inflows for the next 48 hours.