“There is no power supply and our mobile phones have conked out. We are experiencing the wrath of Godavari Matha. We pray to the Goddess to calm down and provide us relief,” says Kunja Lakshmi of Katukuru hamlet, summing up the plight of the tribal people due to the floods.
Those who have been staying in the make-shift tents they erected atop hills near their habitations for the last five days say they living in the dark as there is no power there.
“We are living in constant fear of being bitten by poisonous snakes and other insects drifting along with the floodwaters. Electric poles have been completely submerged under water and we don’t know when power supply will be restored,” says another villagers Nagaraju.
