With heavy to very heavy rains in most of the catchment areas of the Godavari and Krishna basins in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, water level in the main course of the two rivers in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is on the rise.
The Central Water Commission (CWC), based on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, has indicated that flood in the Godavari at Kanthanapally, the point after the Indravathi joins the main river course, to be about 6.25 lakh cusecs by early hours of Tuesday. At 6 p.m. on Monday, the flood at the Medigadda Barrage, located in the upstream of Kanthanapally, was about 5.34 lakh cusecs with the forecast of rising trend.
The Indravathi river, which contributes most to the Godavari after the Pranahitha, is in spate in Chhattisgarh, with the river flowing above the warning level of 539.50 metres at Jagdalpur and is forecast to cross the danger level of 540.8 metres by early on Tuesday.
