2nd danger warning continues at barrage

Rajahmundry: The state government on Thursday continued the second danger warning signal at Sir Arthur Cotton barrage at Dowlaiswaram in East Godavari district as the flood water stood at 14.30 feet on Thursday evening.
About 13.54 lakh cusecs of water is released into the Bay of Bengal. At Bhadrachalam in the upstream the flood level stood at 44.20 feet.
Irrigation authorities issued first danger warning signal at Bhadrachalam. Sabari, the tributary of Godavari, is in spate. Transportation between V R Puram and Chintur mandals and Koonavaram and Bhadrachalam is cut off. People are struggling to take essential goods to their homes in these villages.

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