Godavari in spate amid rains, Dowleshwaram and Bhadrachalam overflows
The heavy rains for the past three to four days have caused the Godavari river to overflow, leading to chaos in several districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In Dowleshwaram cotton barrage, the water level rose to 10.90 feet, prompting authorities to release 175 gates and discharge 5 lakh cusecs of flood water downstream. In