The water level in the Godavari showed a receding trend at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday evening, but the flood threat persisted in the entire Bhadrachalam Agency, as the Taliperu and other tributaries of the Godavari continue to rise unabated with huge inflows expected from the upstream projects in the next 24 hours.
Official machinery remained on high alert despite the withdrawal of the third flood warning on Tuesday morning, after the water level in the Godavari receded below the danger mark of 53 feet at Bhadrachalam. However, the second flood alert remained in force as the Godavari flowed at 51.60 ft, a little over three feet above the second warning level of 48 ft, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Road link to several interior villages in Charla and Dummugudem mandals, bordering Chhattisgarh, remained cut off for the second day.
