“Tons of of individuals have been shifted to safer locations in Nanded metropolis of Maharashtra after a number of low-lying areas have been inundated following heavy rains in the previous couple of days, with Godavari and Asna rivers flowing above the hazard mark,” officers stated on Wednesday (September 24, 2025).
“Because the influx into the Vishnupuri dam, which offers potable water to Nanded, rose sharply, all its 16 gates have been lifted for the primary time in 25 years, releasing greater than 2.5 lakh cusecs of water,” they stated.
Rains have wreaked havoc over the previous couple of days within the often parched Marathwada area, killing not less than eight individuals and damaging homes and crops. Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) stated the injury owing to rainfall was extra within the area’s Nanded district.
“Godavari and Asna rivers have crossed their hazard mark, which led to flooding in a number of components of Nanded metropolis and district,” officers stated.
As water was launched from the Vishnupuri dam, low-lying areas of the town, together with Govardhan Ghat, Nav Ghat, Nagina Ghat, Degloor Naka, Vasrani and Mujampeth, witnessed flooding.
Floodwater additionally entered Govardhan Ghat crematorium, Sant Dasganu Maharaj Bridge, Shani Mandir, Gadipura, Siddhanathpuri, and Chouphala localities.
“Tons of of residents have been shifted to safer areas and non permanent shelters, whereas extra evacuations are anticipated if the water degree continues to rise,” the officers stated, though the precise variety of affected individuals is but to be recognized.
Officers warned that the discharge of water from the Vishnupuri dam may enhance to a few lakh cusecs within the subsequent few hours.
Heavy inflows from upstream dams, together with Jayakwadi (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Majalgaon (Beed), Siddheshwar, Khadakpurna and Decrease Dudhana, are including to the Godavari’s swelling waters.
“The river has already breached the warning degree of 351 metres and surpassed the hazard mark of 354 metres,” the officers stated.
The district administration and the Nanded Waghala Metropolis Municipal Company have issued alerts to villages positioned alongside the river banks, and deployed police to keep up order as a number of bridges and roads are actually beneath water.
The backwaters of Godavari river inundated 1000’s of hectares of farmland, destroying standing crops.
“The water degree of the Asna river within the district has surged, additional worsening the state of affairs. Many connecting routes have been reduce off as tributaries and streams feeding into the rivers are overflowing,” the officers added.
Officers of the Water Assets Division, together with Government Engineer Dattatraya Sawant, are monitoring the state of affairs.
Though rains have subsided since Tuesday (September 23, 2025), the India Meteorological Division (IMD) has positioned Nanded beneath a yellow alert, warning of extra rainfall within the coming days.
It has predicted thunderstorms accompanied with lightning, mild to reasonable rainfall and gusty winds of 30 to 40 kmph at remoted locations on September 24, 25 and 26, adopted by a heavy rainfall warning on September 27.
Revealed – September 24, 2025 05:40 pm IST