Flood reached 11.6 feet at Dowleswaram, 9.6 lakh cusecs discharged into sea
The Hindu
NDRF, SDRF teams swung into action
Officials sounded high alert at Polavaram and Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage (SACB-at Dowleswaram) with the officials discharging about 9 lakh cusecs from Polavaram project and SACB to the downstream on Sunday. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Police, Revenue and Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) officials swung into action in the flood affected villages. AP State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has alerted the officials deployed on flood duty in West and East Godavari districts, and asked them to evacuate the people staying in low lying areas.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












