Around 3,296 people living in flood-hit areas of the nine mandals of Bhadradri Kothagudem district were moved to temporary relief camps, as the Godavari and its tributaries continued to be in spate.
The swollen Godavari kept people living in low-lying areas along its course on the edge as it flowed above the second flood warning level of 48 feet at Bhadrachalam on Thursday evening. The forecast of heavy rains in the upper reaches of the river and continuous release of high-volume floodwaters from the projects in the upstream necessitated the evacuation drive, official sources said.
People from the flood-affected areas in Bhadrachalam, Dummugudem, Charla, Aswapuram, Manuguru, Pinapaka, Gundala, Kothagudem and Laxmidevipalli mandals were sheltered in the relief camps.
