The Latest Breaking News from Godavari

HC notices to Telangana, A.P., Centre in PIL plea over Godavari river floods

Telangana HC issues notices to Union, Telangana and A.P. governments over floods in northern districts due to Kaleshwaram and Polavaram projects

The Hindu · Aug 24, 2023

Andhra Pradesh government sets up NRST Centre for migrant fisherfolk children on Godavari island

Andhra Pradesh govt. set up NRSTC on Edurlamma Lanka, a tiny island in Godavari, to guarantee education for fisherfolk children, incl. school dropouts. 19 children enrolled; Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kits distributed. Yanam admin. to visit island to assess possibilities for intervention.

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

An island in the Godavari where the tricolor has stopped fluttering for years

Edurlamma Lanka, a tiny island in East Godavari, has gone four years without celebrating Independence Day. With no school, children lack access to education and the concept of patriotism. Fisherfolk families sustain their livelihood through fishing in the river, while girls remain homebound, shouldering household responsibilities. Despite the Collector's promise…

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2023

Centre says it is for States involved to arrive at a consensus on Godavari-Cauvery link project

Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti,  Bishweswar Tudu, stated this in response to a question raised by MP M. Thambidurai in the Rajya Sabha; the project envisages the transfer of surplus water of the Godavari river from the Inchampalli dam Telengana to the Grand Anicut, near Thanjavur, on the Cauvery

The Hindu · Jul 31, 2023

Heavy rains help majority MI tanks in North Telangana become surplus

Heavy rains across the State for about 10 days have made all major projects, except Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar, become surplus both in the Godavari and Krishna Basins

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2023

MCH Centre in Mancherial bears the brunt of waterlogging

Questions are being raised on how could the authorities build a hospital in an area that was vulnerable to flooding

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2023

Godavari floods: Police personnel join rescue effort in affected areas in Andhra Pradesh

The police, including women officers, are working in tandem with the SDRF and NDRF personnel in shifting the flood-affected people to safer places and supplying them essential commodities, says DGP Rajendranath Reddy

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2023

Godavari flood leaves a trail of destruction in Chintoor, inundates 250 tribal habitations

Members of the Koya tribe are the worst-affected; at least 14,000 families are being evacuated from the affected region, says ASR district Collector; second flood warning continues at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage

The Hindu · Jul 29, 2023

Godavari floods: A.P. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy directs district Collectors to be vigilant

Ensure enough stocks of medicines and essential items, and provide relief to the affected people without bothering about the expenditure involved, Jagan Mohan Reddy tells district Collectors

The Hindu · Jul 28, 2023

Godavari floods: Work on Polavaram irrigation project in A.P. put on hold as inflows rise

Work on the construction of the Polavaram irrigation project has been stopped as the Godavari, Sabari, and Sileru rivers continue to be in spate in the Godavari region in Andhra Pradesh.

The Hindu · Jul 28, 2023