Central Water Commission issues a warning of rising water levels due to heavy rain forecast in Uttarakhand. There is the likelihood of rising water levels in rivers such as Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Mandakini, Ganga, Ramganga, Sharda, Sarju, etc. a CWC advisory stated.

The alert may be kept in all hill districts of Uttarakhand, CWC flood advisory said. In lower Ganga reaches, downstream of Patna, the river is flowing above the danger level at all stations. While Ganga at Bhagalpur is expected to fall below extreme flood situation. Ghaghra river in Barabanki, Ayodhya, and Siwan districts is flowing above normal with severe flood situations respectively with the falling trend and in Ballia district it is flowing in severe flood situation with a rising trend. It is estimated that flood situations may exist in the lower reaches of these rivers in the coming days.

Meanwhile, precautions have to be taken for possible landslides and blockages of river flows due to landslides in hilly Darjeeling and Kalimpong. Most of the dams in the Upper Krishna Basin in the Krishna basin in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are having very high storage. Hidkal, Almatti, and Tungabhadra Dams are filled to their full capacity while Narayanpur and Bhadra Dams are 98 percent filled up. Hence alert may be kept in rivers such as Damanganga, Wagh, Upper Godavari, Tapi, and its tributaries, the advisory said.

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