In Andhra Pradesh, rescue operations are underway in full swing in north coastal region while about 150 villages are still under a sheet of water with heavy rains lashing several parts of the state for past five days.
North Coastal districts and few other parts in South Coastal and Telangana regions are receiving heavy rain fall due to vigorous north-east monsoon and the influence of last week’s Nilam Cyclone.
Rivers and rivulets are overflowing and several residential colonies and habitations nearby have been marooned. Road and Rail traffic has been thrown out of gear as flood water flowing over the rail road tracks and bridges at several places.
Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam , East and West Godavari, Krsihna and Guntur bore the brunt at maximum level. Nearly one lakh people have been shifted to relief camps after evacuating law laying areas in these districts with local authorities have set up about 90 relief camps. Meanwhile State Authorities have said 25 persons died due rain-related incidents.
Hundreds of habitations and residential colonies have been marooned in the rain hit areas while Narsapurma in West Godavari district recorded highest rainfall of 31 in a single day. Standing crops in about 2.5 lakh hectares damaged and another 3 lakh hectares affected due to heavy rains.
Two navy helicopters rescued about 70 persons from swollen Hemadrigadda rivulet in Visakhapatnam and about 60 persons who spent a day over their roof tops in Satyavarma in Srikakulam district.
Meanwhile, reviewing the situation in Hyderabad, Chief Minister Kiran kumar Reddy has directed district authorities to make all out efforts for rescue operations. He asked them to speed up relief works. He will be touring in effected areas this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Local authorities have declared holiday to schools in Srikakulam and West Godavari districts while scheduled examinations to MA, MSc and MBA students have been postponed in Visakhapatnam and Engineering semester exams have also been postponed in East Godavari district.
The Railway authorities have taken several measures to reduce inconvenience to passengers especially of long-distance trains and taking up restorations of trains slowly.
