Flood fury claims 35 lives

HYDERABAD: After 48 hours, the State Government was able to estimate the devastation caused by the flash floods in Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers which caused immeasurable misery to people in Krishna, Kurnool and Mahaboobnagar districts.


According to the Government, about 33 died in the last 72 hours in the three districts and one each in Guntur and Nalgonda districts. In Kurnool district about 15 persons died, 6,189 livestock perished, 42,061 houses damaged and 10 lakh people were affected in 180 villages of 34 mandals.

In Mahaboobnagar district, 13 persons and 133 livestock died, 11,680 houses were damaged and about 6.01 lakh people were affected in 89 villages of 16 mandals.

In Krishna district about 2.07 lakh were affected, three died in 131 villages of 13 mandals and in Nalgonda district about 13,700 people were affected while one died and 628 houses were damaged in 22 villages of five mandals.

As far as Guntur district is concerned, about 22 villages in 12 mandals were affected and 8,000 people were affected. As many as 83 mandals in these five districts were affected and 475 villages were submerged.

About 18.30 lakh people have suffered due to the floods.

The Government had pressed in to service about 254 boats, 997 swimmers and 550 Army personnel for undertaking rescue and relief operations.

In all these districts about 227 camps were arranged, 3.83 lakh people were evacuated and 2.43 lakh were taking shelter in the relief camps.

Meanwhile speaking to the media in the evening, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said that the inflow and outflow at Srisailam was 14.5 lakh cusecs. At Nagarjunasagar, the outflow was about six lakh cusecs, he stated.Even at Vijayawada the outflow was about 6 lakh cusecs, the Chief Minister informed and stated that the flood fury was decreasing hour by hour.

Rosaiah said that there was no forecast of rains in Karnataka.

He said that about 250 doctors were pressed into service and they would reach Kurnool by midnight.

He wanted the people to cooperate with the government and not to believe the rumors