Floods in the Godavari have left a trail of destruction upstream of the Polavaram irrigation project, inundating nearly 250 tribal habitations in the Chintoor Agency area in Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district.
However, casualties have not been reported. At least 14,000 families have been affected in the Agency area, and they are being evacuated.
The Koya tribe is the worst-affected. Members of the tribe are setting up temporary shelters between Chintoor and V.R. Puram area.
