17 tribal habitations under water in Andhra’s Polavaram as Godavari nears first flood warning
Heavy rains have raised the Godavari River near the first flood alert, with the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage recording about 966,000 cusecs, just below the 1 million‑cusec warning threshold. Water authorities are operating the Polavaram dam gates to keep water levels downstream manageable. Seventeen tribal habitations in Andhra Pradesh are submerged, and officials have placed 171 villages on alert.