Andhra Pradesh: Heavy rainfall, roads damaged, trains cancelled

Karnataka on high alert

On Sunday the India meteorological department (IMD) predicted light to moderate rainfall in southern states including Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry for the next 5 days. 

The death toll due to rain-related activities in Andhra Pradesh has touched 33 as more bodies are reported missing. Hundreds of vehicles and people were stranded, traffic was suspended on arterial highways. The main rail and road routes in Andhra Pradesh connecting the south and the east remained cut off as the Penna river in spate has caused heavy destructions.

As per the NDTV report that an official announced, "the bund is in danger for breaking. Please leave as soon as possible. Please leave the village. Please co-operate. Take your valuables and documents and leave. Inform your relatives. The bund is in danger of breaking, please leave " said the report of an official. Adding more it said, "this is the biggest tank in the district. It is a very old tank. So we don't want to take any chances. There is a small leakage. So we are shifting villagers to safety."

The Chennai Kolkata national highway 16 had to be closed down for traffic in the SPS Nellore district. Around 17 express trains have been cancelled on the Chennai Vijayawada grand truck route due to over flooding in the route. Also, the other three trains were partially cancelled or diverted.

According to the state disaster management authority, it said, more than two lakh cusecs of floodwater followed out of the somasila reservoir In SPS. Nellore district, leading to the deluge.