Superintendent of Police D. Mary Prasanthi has directed police personnel to evacuate the residents of low-lying localities of the Agency area as many streams are flowing over the causeways in the district.
“Due to the incessant rains, the flood may continue, and I have asked the officials to shift the people from low-lying habitations,” the SP said, adding that they have arranged pickets on the low-level bridges and at places where flood water was flowing on the roads. Police officers were monitoring the situation using boats, Ms. Mary Prasanthi told The Hindu on Monday.
Officials shifted people from Tirumalapuram, Naarlavaram, Rudramkota, Tatakurugommu in Velerupadu mandal and 16 other habitations in Katukuru and Koida panchayats as road connectivity has been cut off. The villagers were shifted to Nemalipeta R&R Colony, said Polavaram Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), A. Srinivasulu.
