With widespread rains occurring in most of the catchment areas of Krishna and Godavari rivers and most of their tributaries in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh all major projects in the two Telugu States are set to get more heavy flood, which they have been getting under the impact of suitable weather formations.
An advisory of the Central Water Commission (CWC) citing the IMD forecast has stated on Thursday that south-west monsoon was vigorous over coastal Karnataka and active over interior Karnataka. Besides, under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over the central parts of Bay of Begal, a low pressure area has formed over west-central and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal.
It is very likely to become more marked over west-central and adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal off north AP and south Odisha coasts over the next 48 hours. During the 24-hour period till 8.30 a.m. on Thursday 8.7 cm rain was recorded in Ujjani dam and 5.5 cm in Veer dam areas (Bhima river sub-basin). The CWC has issued alert for water level rise in Bhima and Upper Krishna in Maharashtra.
