The Godavari became dangerous with the river flowing one meter above the danger mark of 53 feet at Bhadrachalam on Monday night, which requires the deployment of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel of the Agency Bhadrachalam for access to relief. The floods in the swollen river and its tributaries, and Taliperu Sabari, wreaked havoc on the area Agency on Kharif crops submerging hundreds of acres foot and snapping road link over 100 towns across the Agency. Roadways flooded flood flooded driveways and small bridges at several points in the talk-Bhadrachalam, Bhadrachalam-Kunavaram, Wajedu-Venkatapuram and other roads in the Agency. The grim situation of floods led authorities to relocate 320 persons belonging to 93 families of the villages affected by the floods, particularly riverside dwelling tribal agency in five refugee camps in Bhadrachalam, and Charla Venkatapuram mandals. About 40 families affected by floods in Kotha Colony Bhadrachalam, 25 families left in Charla mandal Dandupeta were among those transferred to safer areas. A team of NDRF comprising 40 members of the 10th Battalion was deployed in divisional offices to carry out the relief and rescue operations. A total of 20 boats and teams of swimmers have remained on alert to meet any requirement. To cut the electricity supply has stopped almost all the peoples of both Kunavaram VR Puram mandals and in adherence to the safety measures provided in the manual of flooding, sources said. The water level in the river at Bhadrachalam is likely to increase even later in the evening and remain static around 59 feet in the next 12 hours, according to sources from the Department of Irrigation. The district administration has set up control rooms in Khammam (08742 231600) and Bhadrachalam (08743-232444) to monitor the flood situation and ensure coordinated flood relief in areas of the Agency's operations. Meanwhile, Collector K Ilambarithi, ITDA, Bhadrachalam, Project Officer, D Divya, Bhadrachalam RDO Anjaiah and others reviewed the flood situation in Bhadrachalam.
