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One hundred and four people have died in six north Karnataka districts and 26 in Andhra Pradesh in the torrential rain caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.
Hundreds of people in the two states were trapped in flood waters and were waiting on rooftops and higher places to be rescued. Thousands more have been rendered homeless.
In Karnataka, the maximum number of 29 deaths were reported from Bijapur.
'Ovger 40,000 houses have been damaged,' a spokesperson for the Karnataka revenue ministry told IANS.
He said five helicopters and 40 boats have been deployed for rescue and relief operartions. Over 85 relief centres have been set up, he added.
In Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said the flood situation was grim and army personnel have been deployed for rescue operations.
Six helicopters have been pressed into service to rescue people. While four helicopters are being used to airlift the flood-hit in Kurnool district, two choppers were deployed in Mahabubnagar district. A helicopter rescued 15 people in the famous pilgrim town of Mantralayam.
Six power boats of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation were also being used to rescue people.
According to reports reaching the Karnataka state disaster management office here, the majority of deaths till Friday morning have occurred in Bijapur (29), Gulbarga (13), Raichur (11), Koppal (10), Bagalkot (10), Davangere (9) and Bellary (8), Belgaum (6). Gadag (5), Bidar (2) and Chikkballapur (1)
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday met senior civil, military and police officials here to decide the plan for rescue and relief operations in the seven affected districts.
The state government has released Rs.100 crore to provide immediate relief.
'Rescue and relief operations are in full swing in the worst-affected districts. Army troops and air force helicopters are being pressed into service to rescue the marooned and drop food packets in areas cut-off by flood waters,' chief minister's media adviser R.P. Jagdish told IANS here.
'Relief material is being rushed to the areas where the situation is critical. Hundreds of people living on river banks or low-laying areas have been shifted to safer places. The families of flood victims are being given 100,000 rupees from the state's calamity relief fund,' Jagdish added.
The Tungabhadra, a major river in north Karnataka, and several rivulets, steams and tanks were full and overflowing water flooded nearby areas and cut off road and other communications.
In the worst floods in the Krishna river in 100 years in Andhra Pradesh 26 lives have been lost while thousands of people remained trapped in flood waters in Kurnool and Mantralayam towns and dozens of villages in Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts.
Revenue and Relief Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao said 120 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force based in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, were rushing to Andhra Pradesh for rescue operations.
Rosaiah spoke to Defence Minister A.K. Antony and union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to seek the help of defence and paramilitary forces for rescue and relief.
Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) battalions were also deployed for rescue and relief.
The unprecedented inflows in Srisailam across the Krishna river following heavy rain in upstream Karnataka have triggered the worst floods in the Krishna basin in 100 years.
Floods in the Tungabhadra river and its tributaries added to the misery of people in five districts, especially in Kurnool and Mahabubnagar.
Almost the entire Kurnool town, about 250 km from state capital Hyderabad, and Mantralayam town in Kurnool district are marooned.
The floods have hit over a million people. In Kurnool district alone, half a million people were affected. Officials said 100,000 were shifted to relief camps.
Hundreds of villages in Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Krishna and Guntur districts were cut off following incessant rain over the last two days under the influence of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal.
The continuing massive inflows in Srisailam, downstream Nagarjuna Sagar and Prakasam barrage posed a flood threat to several villages in Nalgonda, Guntur and Krishna districts. As a precautionary measure, the authorities have begun evacuating people from low-lying areas in Vijayawada city in Krishna district.
The Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers are reaching danger levels while several rivulets are overflowing. Over 350 tanks have breached, inundating towns and villages in the affected districts.
Flood waters from Srisailam have flooded Kurnool town, while the Tungabhadra's waters have gushed into Mantralyam town, 120 km from Kurnool town.
The bus station in Mantralayam town is under water. Some passengers have climbed to the top of the building. The Raghuvendraswamy temple is completely under water, officials said.
The chief minister has asked all district collectors to remain on high alert as weather experts have forecast more rain till Tuesday. According to the Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, heavy rain under the impact of the low pressure area was likely in north coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema regions.
Meanwhile, road and rain transport to Rayalseema was badly hit by the floods. The state road transport corporation has stopped all buses to the region, comprising worst-hit Kurnool and three other districts.
Since the Hyderabad-Bangalore national highway is under water at several points, road transport between the two cities has come to a halt.
Train services, too, were hit by the floods. As many as 15 trains to the region were cancelled. A part of the track was washed away near Mantralayam, forcing the authorities to either cancel or divert trains, including those going to Bangalore.
It is not just the common man who is trapped in the flood waters in Andhra Pradesh but MPs, state legislators and other public representatives too are hit by the natural calamity.
In the worst-hit Kurnool district, at least three legislators are among the affected people. While one legislator is trapped in Mantralayam town, water gushed into the houses of two other legislators and one MP in Kurnool town.
Meterological officials in Bangalore said there was possibility of rain continuing till Sunday.
Vijayawada, Oct 3 : The irrigation authorities sounded the first warning to the people, living in the downstream of the Prakasam Barrage when the discharge from the barrage to the Bay of Bengal crossed 3.97 lakh cusecs this morning.
The level at the barrage was 13 feet at 0600 hrs, an irrigation official told UNI.
About 4.50 lakh cusecs of flood water was let out into the sea after heavy inflows reached the barrage from Nagarjunasagar reservoir.
The official informed that all the 70 crest gates at the barrage have been fully lifted to let the water into the sea and the second flood warning will be issued after the discharges crossed 5.66 lakh cusecs.
He said as much as ten lakh cusecs of water was likely to reach the barrage from Nagarjunasagar by tomorrow morning which would be released into the sea.
In view of this, the district administration has asked people living in Krishna , Ramalingeswara Nagar and Bhavanipuram to be on high alert as their dwellings would be water-logged.
Similarly, alert had also been sounded to Mandals in the district such as Ghantasala, Mopidevi, Avanigadda, Jaggayypet, Nandigama, Kanchikacharla, Ibrahimpatnam, Penamuluru, Kankipadu, Vuyyur, Totlavalluru and Challapalli which were likely to be inundated due to release of water from the barrage to the Bay through Hamsaladeevi.
The Municipal Corporation authorities began evacuation of familes living in the low-lying areas along the flood bank in Krishna Lanka, Ramalingeswara nagar and Bhavanipuram to 11 relief camps, arranged by the district administration.
The administration have opened 28 relief camps in Krishna district in 11 Mandals and in Vijayawada alone steps have been taken to evacuate 1.60 lakh people to safer places, official sources said.
The source added an Army contigent of 150 personnel was being sent to the city from Hyderabad. A 60-member National Disaster Rescue Force was stationed here to meet any eventuality and 60 boats also kept ready for providing assistance to the people.
About 150 sand bags have also been readied and two the flood situation, the sources added.
The Krishna region of the State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) suspended bus services to Srisailam, Anantapur and Kurnool routes due to overflowing of water on the highways, RTC sources said.
The Andhra Pradesh government had deputed S K Joshi, senior IAS officer from Irrigation Department to coordinate relief and rehabilitation works in the district.
--UNI
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let us hope the flood water will recede fast and the ppl will survive be safe!
I have been trying to contact some friends in Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts - but without success - I am getting a message: " ... the subscriber you called is not in the coverage area or not responding" ...
perhaps the power is shut down too ...
I was able to talk to some friends in Vijayawada and parts of Krishna District - they are OK.
It appears that the time of the month (Pournami on Sunday - causing high tide in the Bay of Bengal) is slowing down the flow of water into the sea. Some progress can be seen only by Monday and onwards...
let us pray for the safety of the ppl!
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In Andhra Pradesh, heavy inflow has reached highest level which have become a danger to power stations.
In view of heavy inflow into the Srisailam Reservoir, the inflow has reached the highest level of 895 feet against the total capacity of 885 feet threatening the underground power station at the left gate of the dam.The water was overflowing from gate number one and efforts were on to save the power station by putting sand bags and other material to arrest the water entering into the station
600 army personnel have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh with boats and other rescue equipment.
Yelahanka Air Force station Air Commodre, V S Bharti said that the worst affected areas were along the Tungabadram area... (IBN Live)
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Hyderabad: The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday continued to be alarming with Kurnool town facing threat of complete submergence while Vijayawada city is also in danger of inundation due flooding in the Krishna river.
In complete darkness and without food and water for the last two days, thousands of people in Kurnool town, about 250 km from here, spent another night on roof-tops waiting for help...
The worst floods in the region in 100 years have left a trail of destruction, rendering over 200,000 homeless in Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur and Krishna districts and damaging standing crops over a vast area.
Officials said 30 people were killed during the last three days of heavy rain under the influence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal but the figure could rise sharply as hundreds of people are reported missing in about 100 villages in the worst-hit Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts.
The water level in Srisailam on Saturday morning was 895 feet, 10 feet above its full reservoir level. The inflow is 1.75 million cusecs of water while the outflow is 1.35 million cusecs.
It is not just the Srisailam dam which is posing a threat of submergence to Kurnool. The flood waters from Tungabhadra and Handri rivers have added to the misery of people in the town, which was the first capital of Andhra state from 1953 to 1956.
The temple town of Mantralayam in Kurnool district remained under water while flood waters from the Kondu river are threatening another town Nandyal, about 100 km from Kurnool town.
With heavy inflows at Nagarjuna Sagar dam and at Prakasam barrage, Vijayawada city and other parts of Krishna and Guntur districts were facing threat of inundation. Authorities continued evacuation of people from low-lying area in and around Vijayawada through Friday night.
Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, who spent the night at state secretariat along with several ministers and top officials to monitor the situation, told reporters Saturday that the rescue and relief operations would be taken up on a massive scale.
He said the helicopters would also drop food and drinking water packets in the affected areas. About 600,000 food packets were prepared for air dropping in Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts.
Rosaiah appealed to Karnataka and Maharashtra governments not to release water from the dams across Krishna river in their respective states as this could add to the woes of flood-hit Andhra Pradesh.
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Authorities identify 18 villages for air dropping and rescuing stranded persons
Four Chetak helicopters dropping food and water to people stranded in flood-ravaged villages
About 250 jawans of Bihar Regiment are involved in the rescue operations
- PHOTO: P.V. SIVAKUMAR food for needy: Chetak helicopters using NH7 as the base for dropping relief supplies, near Pebbair in Mahabubnagar district, on Saturday.
BEECHUPALLY (Mahbubnagar dt.): The Hyderabad–Bangalore national highway close to the bridge across river Krishna here was converted into an air base for four Chetak helicopters of Indian Air Force (IAF) as they continuously made sorties dropping food and water to people stranded in flood ravaged villages on the banks of Krishna and its tributary Thunga.
The spot was chosen for the purpose as the road had to be closed for traffic several kilometres ahead on Hyderabad end since the Krishna flowed to a height of ten ft. at the head of the bridge on Bangalore side.
The choppers took off with three crew and about 250 kg of material each time and they quickly returned to the base to take fresh loads. Two of them were involved in relief operations over affected villages of Mahabubnagar district while the other two flew over parts of Kurnool district. The villages were contiguous to Krishna and Thunga.
Thousands of food and water packets as also cartons with bread and milk were kept ready on the road for being loaded into the helicopters without loss of time.
The authorities identified 18 villages of Manopad, Alampur, Waddepally, Ieeja, Veepanagandla, Gadwal and Itikyala mandals for air dropping material and rescuing stranded persons. Wing Commander T.N.B. Singh, who led the operations, told The Hindu that the pilots did not feel the necessity to air lift people as water level was receding. People were helping themselves and moving to safety. Narrating his flying experience over fields, he said he could only see slush all around as the crop was washed away. The boundaries of fields no longer existed. People gathered on rooftops.
While the Air Force was pressed into service in areas that were inaccessible due to snapping of road communication, the Army and police moved in to evacuate people where flooding did not hamper rescue operations. About 250 jawans of Bihar Regiment of Army were involved.
Superintendent of Police G. Sudheer Babu, who coordinated the efforts here, said people in the entire Alampur village were shifted to a school nearby as water reached danger level in the habitation around 1.30 a.m. The police physically moved the priests in the local temple when they refused to leave. He also said residents of Rajoli village were similarly evacuated since it was marooned.
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... More than 130 people have died and hundreds are being evacuated due to heavy rains, which have lashed parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the last few days.
Rains have damaged crops and disrupted and transport links.
Police said most of the victims were washed away in flooded rivers or died when their homes collapsed.
At least 25 people have died in Andhra Pradesh and rescue and relief work is underway.
A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal led to the heavy rains in the region, weather officials said.
Nature’s fury
PHOTO: P.V.SIVAKUMAR Krishna roars: A truck is submerged as river Krishna flows dangerously over NH-7 at Rangapuram, near Beechpally in Mahabubnagar district.
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nature's fury: just a reminder of how fragile - human life could be...
when you think of those unfortunate victims -
who did not even get a chance to say good-by to their loved ones -
it makes us realize how lucky we are -
with all that we still have!
may God bless their souls!
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IANS
The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be grim on Sunday as three towns and over 200 villages in the worst-hit districts remained under water. Without food and water for the last three days, hundreds of people remained trapped in flood waters. Officials said the floods have so far claimed 33 lives but unofficial reports put them at 50. [1654 hrs IST]
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