A Met department bulletin warned on Tuesday that heavy rain is likely to occur at a few places in Telangana. Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Khammam and Warangal will witness heavy rainfall for the next two days as the Southwest Monsoon has been active. The north-east Madhya Pradesh and its neighbourhood areas will have a low pressure.
In Telangana, Hyderabad received 15 mm rainfall, while Medak received 18 mm. IMD officials said that these districts will cross their normal mark in the next two months.
IMD director, Mr Y.K Reddy said, “There is no particular reason for districts recording different rainfall. Hyderabad, Medak and Ranga Reddy can cover up the deficit in the next two months. This variation in rainfall is called ‘intra-monsoon seasonal variation’.”
He added “also, the reason for northern districts of the state like Adilabad, Nizamabad and Khammam receiving more rain is that all through the monsoon the low-pressure areas have been over northern Telangana - which is pushing monsoon currents in the region. This has caused much more rain in the northern parts of the state. However if there is a low pressure over south coastal AP, the districts in the southern areas will witness rainfall.”
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm are likely to occur across Telangana and Rayalaseema from July 13 to 17. No other change in expected for the next three days.
During the last 24 hours Adilabad and Boath recorded 11 cm, Nirmal 10 cm; Sarangapur, Ibrahimpatnam, Khanapur and Sriramsagar 7 cm each; Utnur, Navipet and Ranjal 9 cm each; Mudhole and Metpalle 8 cm each; Jagtial, Nandipet, Bodhan, Rudrur, Mortad, Mallial and Asifabad 5 cm each; Luxettipet, Dharmapuri, Varni, Nizamabad and Kotagiri 6 cm each; Banswada, Jakranpalle, Pegadapalle, Birkoor, Perur and Armoor 4 cm each.
There was 3 cm of rain each in Balkonda, Kammarpalle, Velpur, Bheemgal, Dharpalle, Sadasivanagar, Mancherial, Jukkal, Makloor, Chennur, Gandhari, Julapalle, Gangadhara, Yedapalle, Lingampet, Sultanabad, Dichpalle, Sirpur and Gambhiraopet; and 2 cm of rain each in Machareddy, Madnur, Yellareddy, Kamareddy, Venkatapuram, Parkal, Sircilla, Mustabad, Domakonda and Kamareddy.
River Godavari water level has also increased due to heavy rains lashing in Telangana and Maharashtra. The water level touched 51.04 feet at Bhadrachalam. Already some of the villages in Bhadrachalam have been evacuated.
With irrigation projects receiving good inflows officials have alerted people of low-lying areas to be prepared for evacuation.
All the people living in low-lying areas have been warned by Khammam district administration and necessary arrangements have also been made to shift people in case the water level reaches the next danger level. 
All the transportation between villages have been cut off since Monday. Nine gates of In Adilabad district, Kadem project were lifted. 98,000 cusecs of water were released.
Residents of Karimnagar district administration were alerted as the gates of Kadem project were lifted. Some villages are likely to submerge in these areas.
Sri Ram Sagar Project (SRSP) officials said that “ the in Nizamabad has been receiving inflows following rains in Maharashtra and water level at the project touched 1,050 feet on Tuesday.”
Irrigation officials said that “the Ramannagudem pushkaraghat water level has reached 30 feet (9.93 meters) in Eturnagaram Mandal in Warangal.”
ITDA project officer Amoy Kumar and Mulug revenue divisional officer Mahender were directed by District collector Vakati Karuna to take all necessary steps if the water level rises.
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By M. Divya Shri
