Live
- Coronation of Vishvaraj as Mewar’s 77th successor starts amid questions over palace visit
- Give utmost priority to research: SKLTHU V-C
- IT Min launches ‘Transforming 10,000 Minds’ prog
- TTD Board member interacts with locals in Tirumala
- Uttam prods babus to fast-track irrigation projects across State
- Union minister Pradhan launches 'The Teacher App'
- Oppn members seek more time for JPC on Waqf Bill
- SC upholds ‘secular, socialist’ in Preamble
- RASS conducts Siva Parvathi Kalyanam
- Rs 12L refunded to FedEx parcel scam victim
NDRF team rescues 30 people from floodwater
People being rescued by NDRF team with the help of a helicopter in Eluru district on Thursday
As many as 30 people who were stuck in floodwaters of the Peddavagu project at Kattamaisamma temple in Narayanapuram village of Aswaraopet mandal were rescued on Thursday.
Eluru: As many as 30 people who were stuck in floodwaters of the Peddavagu project at Kattamaisamma temple in Narayanapuram village of Aswaraopet mandal were rescued on Thursday.
As soon as the information regarding trapping of the people was received by Eluru District Collector K Vetri Selvi, she alerted officials of the Chief Minister’s office.
Subsequently, the Chief Minister’s office officials rushed an NDRF team to rescue the victims. The operation by the district administration to rescue 30 people was successful as a helicopter was arranged with the team.
As the rivers and streams are overflowing in the district, warning boards have been put up at all the causeways and staff is being appointed to avoid crossing the streams during flooding. The district administration is working with the aim to avoid any loss of life or property due to floods.
