Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The floods in River Godavari, causing a lot of misery, have snapped road connectivity to Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana from the merged mandals of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
According to the official reports, since September 12, the Godavari and its tributary Sabari were overflowing. The first warning was sounded in Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage when the water levels crossed 10.04 lakh cusecs at 11.75 feet by noon. Water authority discharged 11,27,715 cusecs of excess water into the Bay of Bengal by 7 pm. At Kunavaram in the merged Mandal, the water was overflowing beyond the third warning level. The Yerra Kalva near Eluru and Jangareddygudem were also overflowing.
More than 150 villages in Alluri Seetharama Raju, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema and West Godavari districts have been marooned. This was for the fourth time in two months the Godavari was in spate. The police have asked the people to vacate their habitations and move to safer places. AP Disaster Management MD BR Ambedkar advised the victims to contact the emergency control room anytime by calling the toll-free helpline numbers 1070 and 18004250101 or 08632377118.
Many victims have reached hilly areas nearer to their habitations as their
villages were facing floods threat. Affected villages in merged mandals were fed up with the constant troubles from floods and staged agitations.
The floodwaters entered NH-30 at Kalleru and Koyuguru. As a result, the road link between Odisha and Telangana remained snapped. All the roads to Bhadrachalam from Kunavaram, Chinturu, V.R.Puram and Kukunuru were under floodwaters at one place or another, and road connectivity was lost.
The floodwaters blocked the roads at Panda Rajupeta in Kunavaram Mandal. The Dacharam-Kukunuru bridge was submerged and the transport facility was cut off to eight villages. As a result, those from these villages going to Bhadrachalam have to cover an extra distance of 15km.
