As the Godavari at Bhadrachalam crossed the second flood warning level of 48 feet on Wednesday night, the authorities started evacuating people living in the low-lying areas in the temple town and in the riverside villages elsewhere in the tribal majority district.
The river received heavy inflows of over 1.79 lakh cusecs from Taliperu reservoir in the immediate upstream on Wednesday evening.
The combined high volume inflows from other irrigation projects in the upper reaches led to a sharp rise in the water level in Godavari along its river course in Bhadrachalam Agency.
