In a meticulous operation, personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued nine farmers of Bornapalli village in Raikal mandal, who were stranded on an island in the swollen Godavari river, in boats amid incessant drizzle late on Tuesday evening.
Sources said the tenant farmers were stuck on the island due to flash floods in the Godavari on Tuesday afternoon.
As the news spread, Collector G. Ravi and Superintendent of Police Ch. Sindhu Sharma rushed to Bornapally in the afternoon and monitored the rescue operations. A NDRF team reached the spot in the evening and evacuated all the stranded farmers safely, sources added.
