About 10 local persons besides some officials and public representatives had a narrow escape when the raft on which they were travelling overturned at Rudramkota village in Eluru district.
According to sources, Polavaram MLA Tellam Balaraju, Collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh, along with the MPPs, ZPTC members, a Sarpanch and some officers, visited the flood-affected villages in Velerupadu mandal.