Floods in Andhra claim 24 lives so far; roads and rail lines damaged

Residents wade through a flooded area in Nellore. Pic/PTI

Several trains were cancelled or diverted while hundreds of vehicles were stranded on Sunday as the main road and rail routes in Andhra Pradesh remained cut off due to floods. The movement of trains came to a standstill as the railway tracks were submerged in Nellore district, one of the four districts hit by floods.

The floods due to overflowing Somasila reservoir damaged the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway-16 in Nellore district.

Hundreds of train and bus passengers were also stranded in the flood-hit Chittoor, Kadapa and Anantapur districts. Heavy rains and floods have so far claimed 24 lives in the four districts while 17 people went missing.

According to officials, nearly 24 lakh people were affected by the floods. A total of 1,316 villages were hit by the heavy rains. The rains and floods damaged 1,549 houses. The authorities evacuated nearly 21,000 people and set up 243 relief camps. The natural calamity has damaged agriculture and horticulture crops over 6.33 lakh acres.

24
No. of people killed in rain-related incidents

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever