The State government has decided to evacuate people from all the 554 affected habitations in the Godavari region as the flood increased rapidly.
Minister for Home and Disaster Management Taneti Vanitha told newsmen that relief camps were being opened wherever necessary.
Ms. Vanita on Friday accompanied Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy during the aerial survey conducted in the entire Godavari region, including Polavaram irrigation project.