The water level in Godavari at Telangana’s famous temple town of Bhadrachalam is inching close to the first flood warning level of 43 feet owing to heavy inflows from upstream.
The Godavari continued to be in spate all along its course from Basar in Nirmal district to Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the State following widespread rains in its catchment areas for the third day in a row.
The water level in Godavari at Bhadrachalam hovered around 42 feet with about 8.89 lakh cusecs of flood water flowing downstream at 1 p.m. The bathing ghats along the river, abutting the karakatta (flood bank), in the temple town were submerged.
