Dear Members,
Andhra Pradesh is witnessing its worst ever floods in mighty Krishna and its tributary, the Tungabhadra which are in spate with Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar reservoirs receiving record inflows touching their maximum FRLs (Full Reservoir Level) and in terms of storage TMCs (Thousand Million Cubic Feet). Already the flood waters and back waters of Srisailam Dam have invaded three fourths of Kurnool town (the erstwhile hqrs of Andhra). It also submerged the temple town of Mantralayam and several parts of Mahaboobnagar district on its left flank and posing a grave threat to Vijayawada city down the stream.
It is believed that for the first time in 100 years, inflows into Srisailam reservoir touched 20 lakh cusecs (cubic feet per second, a cubic feet is 28.371 liters of water) and with an outflow of half that volume, the water in the reservoir backed into the Tungabhadra, causing floods in Kurnool district. More than 25,000 people have been marooned for 2 days now in Kurnool town, depriving electricity too.
The discharge from the other big dam on the Krishna, Nagarjuna Sagar, has increased to more than 10 lakh cusecs by Friday night. All the 26 gates have been lifted. This poses a serious threat to Vijayawada city from where 1 lakh people have already been shifted to safer places due to heavy discharge from Parakasam Barrage. These are the worst ever floods in the history of the state. The number of marooned people reached 50,000 this morning.
River Krishna rises at Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra in the west, flows for about 1400 km and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast. It also flows through the state of Karnataka. It flows fast and furious in Andhra Pradesh. Ironically, there is a saying in Marathi "sunt vaahate Krishnamaai" which means "quiet flows Krishna". But, in reality, Krishna causes a high degree of erosion between June and August i.e. during the south-west monsoon period. During this time, Krishna takes fertile soil from Maharashtra, Karnataka and western Andhra Pradesh towards the delta region on eastern cost.
Its most important tributary is the Tungabhadra River, which is formed by the Tunga River and Bhadra River that originate in the Western Ghats. The principal tributaries joining Krishna are the Ghataprabha, the Malaprabha, the Bhima and the Musi. Other tributaries include the Koyna River, Kundali River, Yerla River, Warna River, Dindi River and Dudhganga River - all confined to the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The present spate in all these rivers and rivulets is caused by widespread rains due to a depression formed in Bay of Bengal a few days ago. Another depression is likely in the Bay on 6th this month.
Let us pray for the people in distress and wish that they tide over the situation safely.
Regards,
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Y. Babji,
National Vice President (Admn), GFPR
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