Telangana third most vulnerable to flooding

  • | Tuesday | 21st August, 2018

HYDERABAD: After Kerala, Andhra Pradesh has the second largest area vulnerable to flooding in South India followed by Telangana, as per the Flood Hazard Map prepared by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).While the entire Kerala coast is marked as a vulnerable flood zone, Krishna, Guntur, West and East Godavari districts along with Vijayawada, Guntur, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Bhimavaram, Rajahmundry, Kakinada and parts of Nellore on the AP coast and Proddutur in Kadapa are marked as 'Area Liable for Flood' in the NDMA map.In Telangana, the Godavari basin area of North Telangana, particularly Bhadradri Kottagudem, Adilabad and parts of Nizamabad district are marked as flood hazard area.In erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, 13.9 lakh hectares (including Telangana) was deemed vulnerable to flooding while the area designated for Kerala was 8.7 lakh hectares, 4.5 lakh hectares for Tamil Nadu, and 0.2 lakh hectares for Karnataka.

HYDERABAD: After Kerala, Andhra Pradesh has the second largest area vulnerable to flooding in South India followed by Telangana, as per the Flood Hazard Map prepared by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).While the entire Kerala coast is marked as a vulnerable flood zone, Krishna, Guntur, West and East Godavari districts along with Vijayawada, Guntur, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Bhimavaram, Rajahmundry, Kakinada and parts of Nellore on the AP coast and Proddutur in Kadapa are marked as 'Area Liable for Flood' in the NDMA map.In Telangana, the Godavari basin area of North Telangana, particularly Bhadradri Kottagudem, Adilabad and parts of Nizamabad district are marked as flood hazard area.In erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, 13.9 lakh hectares (including Telangana) was deemed vulnerable to flooding while the area designated for Kerala was 8.7 lakh hectares, 4.5 lakh hectares for Tamil Nadu, and 0.2 lakh hectares for Karnataka.

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