NEW DELHI: After few days of relative lull, heavy rain lashed some parts of the country claiming 13 lives in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana while also troubling Mumbaikars.
Andhra Pradesh reported four fresh rain-related deaths today which took the toll to nine – six in Guntur district, three in Visakhapatnam.
In Medak district of neighbouring Telangana, four persons were killed and six others injured in separate rain-related incidents.
In Andhra Pradesh, the K L Rao Sagar reservoir is almost filled due to copious showers in Guntur and the upper catchment areas of the Krishna river. While its full level capacity is 45.77 tmc ft, it is now holding 30 tmcft of water.
As much as 1.51 lakh cusecs of flood water is being discharged from K L Rao Sagar reservoir which is reaching Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada on Krishna. The Barrage is overflowing as close to 2 lakh cusecs of water flowing in.
This is the first time in over five years that the Barrage has witnessed such massive inflow.
Train services between Guntur and Secunderabad remained suspended for the second consecutive day as over two km tracks near Sattenapalli was washed away due to overflowing rivulets. (AGENCIES)
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