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Flood alert in four states, NDRF teams on standby

PTI
Published : Sep 26, 2016, 1:49 am IST
Updated : Sep 26, 2016, 1:49 am IST

A flood alert has been issued for districts around the Godavari and Krishna basins in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana even as four persons lost their lives in rain-related inciden

A flood alert has been issued for districts around the Godavari and Krishna basins in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana even as four persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents on Sunday.

Telangans’s Medak district reported one flood-related death, taking the toll to eight in the state, while three mechanics were killed when a house collapsed due to rains in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. In the flood alert issued on Sunday, the water resources ministry has advised the respective state and district administrations to take “highest level of precautionary measures...During the next three to seven days”.

The districts which may see low to moderate floods are Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar in Telangana for next three to four days. This may further extend to Khammam district in Telangana and East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh in the next four to six days, the ministry said. The Centre has deployed 17 NDRF teams comprising over 550 personnel in the flood-hit regions of Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The NDRF said they are in touch with the local administration.

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