Polavaram officials sound alert as Sabari river in spate

The officials are gearing up for relief operations as inflow into the Sabari River is expected to touch ten lakh cusecs by Saturday evening at Chintoor in Polavaram district. On Friday, the inflow into the Sabari River at Chintoor was nearly 2.8 lakh cusecs.

The Sabari and Sileru rivers have been receiving inflows from their catchment areas due to heavy rain reported over the two days in Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Polavaram District Collector K. Dinesh Kumar has announced that the people in the low-lying areas, including submergence areas of the Polavaram irrigation project, have been alerted about the rise of the Sabari River. “At least five tourism boats and 12 mechanised boats are kept ready at Kunavaram for the relief operations. The low-lying areas are being identified for relief operations based on the submergence reported in the 2022 Godavari floods,” Mr. Dinesh Kumar said.