Thousands of tribal people continue to take shelter on top of the Papikonda hills in order to save their lives from the Godavari flood that has devastated their habitations in the Eluru and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts.
As of July 30 (Sunday), a majority of the affected people in the Agency areas of Eluru district moved to the nearby hill range, leaving behind their belongings, while the remaining left to their relatives’ places outside the flood-hit areas.
“Of the 13,000 people affected in the district, we have evacuated and rehabilitated more than 4,000 so far. Of the remaining 9,000 people, a majority of them have settled on the top of hills,” said Eluru District Joint Collector B. Lavanya Veni.
