Flood control room set up as Godavari flows above first flood warning level in Bhadrachalam

A flood alert has been sounded for people living in the riverside villages in Bhadrachalam Agency as the swollen Godavari river continues to flow above the first warning level of 43 feet at Telangana’s temple town of Bhadrachalam on Wednesday (August 20, 2025).

The first flood warning was issued by Bhadradri Kothagudem collector Jitesh V. Patil at 8.15 a.m. on Wednesday after the river touched 43 feet mark. The water level in the river hovered around 45.10 feet and the flood discharge in the river crossed 10.18 lakh cusecs at 2 p.m.

A flood control room has been set up at the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) headquarters in Bhadrachalam to constantly monitor the situation in the riverside villages and flood prone areas in Bhadrachalam Agency.

The control room can be reached at 7995268352. Another control room (08743-232444 and 7981219425) has been activated at the sub-collector’s office in Bhadrachalam to tackle any potential flood event.

According to official sources, flood duty officers have been positioned in Bhadrachalam division as per flood contingency plan.

The water level in the Godavari at Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district crossed the warning level of 12.210 metres and inched closer to the danger level of 13.460 metres.

The bathing ghats near Triveni Sangamam, the confluence-point of the Godavari, the Pranahitha and the subterranean Saraswati rivers, were partially submerged by floodwaters in Kaleshwaram, sources added.

At the Lakshmi (Medigadda) barrage, both the inflow and outflow were recorded at 9.02 lakh cusecs as all the 85 crest gates of the barrage were kept open in free flow condition.

All the upstream projects on the Godavari including the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP), Kaddam Narayan Reddy and Sripada Yellampally continued to receive heavy inflows from the catchment areas of the Godavari.