Heavy rain in south coastal Andhr Pradesh

Heavy rains continued to batter south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday as the death toll in the flash floods under the impact of low pressure over the Bay of Bengal rose to 14.

The worst-hit districts of Nellore and Prakasam as well as Chittoor and Kadpa continued to receive heavy rains for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the flash floods wreaked havoc, inundating dozens of villages, damaging crops and disrupting road and rail traffic in the region.

As many as 50,000 people from low-lying areas have been evacuated and shifted to about 50 relief camps set up by authorities in the four districtsIn Kadapa district, all-night efforts with rescue teams summoned from Chennai and Bangalore brought to safety 18 passengers of an RTC bus.

Two home guards who went in to rescue were among four people found dead.''According to the bus conductor, there are dead bodies in the bus of a lady and a man,'' said M T Krishna Babu, Collector, Kadapa district.

Nearly one hundred relief camps have been opened in Nellore district, that has borne the fury of the northeast monsoon. And the over 32000 people taking shelter in the camps cannot return home immediately as the Met department has predicted more rain.''All low-lying areas are flooded. We evacuated people living there to shelters and are looking after their food requirements,'' said M Ravichandra, Collector, Nellore district.

Courtesy:ndtv.com
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