Bhadrachalam the abode of Rama is filled with water. The water has touched the feet of Rama after several decades. The water at the Bhadrachalam dam is overflowing above the danger level.
Chief Minister KCR has ordered the Chief Secretary to arrange a helicopter in the Temple town to avoid any eventualities.
The army services were also requested to see that the people get all the required help in Bhadrachalam.
The flood situation in Bhadrachalam town and surrounding areas remained grim on Friday with the Godavari river flowing above the danger mark and the water level rising every hour.
Several residential areas in the temple town and hundreds of villages along the course of the river in Bhadradri Kothagudem district were marooned and cut off.
The water level at Bhadrachalam dam at 11 a.m. on Friday stood at 68.70 feet, much above the third flood warning level of 53 feet.
According to District officials, the inflow and outflow were about 23 lakh cusecs.
About 100 villages in Cherla, Dummugudem, Aswapuram, Burgampadu, Pinapaka and Manugur mandals remained cut off as the road links were submerged.
With electricity transformers getting inundated, authorities stopped power supply to the villages as a precautionary measure.
