After wrecking havoc on the Bhadrachalam Agency for the past 48 hours, the swollen Godavari and its tributaries have started receding gradually on Tuesday, paving way for restoration of power supply and road connectivity to several flood-hit villages.
Although the water level dropped to 50 feet, three feet below the third warning level (danger mark), at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday, road link to dozens of villages, mainly the riverside tribal habitations, remained closed till Tuesday night.
Vehicular movement on Bhadrachalam-Charla main road and Bhadrachalam-Kunavaram road were obstructed by overflowing streams at various points.
Agriculture fields along the river course remained water-logged in Wajedu, Venkatapuram, Charla, Dummugudem and other tribal sub-plan mandals in the Agency. Thousands of paddy, chilli and cotton growers suffered major crop losses in the flood-affected villages.
Kharif crops on little over 10,000 hectares were reportedly damaged due to flash floods in the Godavari and other rivers in both Bhadrachalam and Palvancha divisions.
TGTransco officials embarked on an exercise to restore power supply in around 256 flood-affected villages in the Agency following gradual decrease in water level in the Godavari late on Tuesday afternoon.
The temporary relief camps were continued in Venkatapuram, Charla and Bhadrachalam mandals for the benefit of the flood-hit people of the low-lying areas in the division.
Meanwhile, Collector K. Ilambarithi inspected flood-affected areas later in the day. He directed the officials concerned to carryout necessary repairs to all the damaged roads and enumerate crop loss soon after the floodwater recedes, sources said.
Bhadrachalam MLA S. Rajaiah, ITDA, Bhadrachalam, Project Officer D. Divya, Joint Collector K. Surendra Mohan, Bhadrachalam RDO Anjaiah and others were present.
The flood-affected people narrated their tales of woes to the officials and sought compensation for crop loss.
