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Forty-eight villagers, trapped in flash floods in Kanchala Lanka, Ambapuram and other habitations, were rescued in NTR district by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and the Police, and were brought to safe places using cranes and ropes.
The river bed village, Kanchala Lanka, was completely surrounded by flood waters.