Hyderabad, September 02: Heavy rains have continued to play the havoc across the state on Thursday. Several villages in the Telangana and coastal Andhra districts got inundated or cut-off due to heavy rains.
More than 25 villages got cut-off in Adilabad districts while several villages across the state are facing the threat of complete inundation. The administration has shifted hundreds of people living in the low-lying areas to safer places. Heavy rains have also filled several reservoirs across the State. The Jurala Project received 1.90 lakh cusecs of water due to heavy rains in the uptown Narayanpur. Officials say that the inflows could rise to about 2.20 lakh cusecs. Similarly, the inflows into the Srisailam Reservoir are about to touch the danger mark. Against the maximum capacity of 885 feet, the reservoir got 881.6 feet of water. Similarly, against the inflow of 20.9 lakh cusecs, about 80,000 lakh cusecs of water is being released from the project.
According to met department, Chinnoor in Adilabad district recorded a very heavy rainfall of 14 cm, followed by 12 cm in Kaleswaram of Karimnagar and 10 cm each in Chintapalli of Visakhapatnam and Sirpur of Adilabad district.
The department said that moderate to rather heavy rain or thundershowers would occur at many places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers would occur at a few places over Rayalaseema. The department has also issued a heavy rainfall warning in the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari of coastal Andhra Pradesh and in the districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam of Telangana during next 36 hours.
However, Hyderabad and its surrounding might get some respite from the rainfall. According to Met Department, sky in the twin cities would be generally cloudy. Rain or thundershowers would occur in parts of city and maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 29 and 24 degrees Celsius respectively.
——Agencies