Project officer Chintoor ITDA Apoorva Bharat Inspection Stream Sociler at Chintoor | Photo Credit: By Agreement
Of the three islands in the Godavari River between Kovvur and Rajamahendraram, at least 198 families have been evacuated by the city, which is governed by a heavy influx into Godavari along the Polavram irrigation project.
Families mostly migrants and fishermen from Yanam (the territory of Pondicherry Union) and the Konaseem region depend on their livelihood on the traditional fishing in the Godavari River.
The collector of the East Godavari P. Prasanthi district said that all the inhabitants of the three islands – Kethavari Lanka, Zedurlanka and Bridge Lanka – are moved to the relief camps set up in the Municipal Function Hall in Rajahendravaram City. During the Godavari 2022 floods, parts of the three islands were washed away.
Cut-off at the state borders
Meanwhile, on the border of Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, the Chintoor-VR Puram road was cut off in the villages of Mukunur and Annavaram.
A huge tide to the Annavaram stream in the village of Annavaram and the stream of the plump in the village of Mukunur
Ap-chhattisgarh border
The Apoorva Bharat project official of the Chintoor integrated tribal development agency said: “The influx of Sabari, which is connected with Godavari, is in preparation and is expected to continue to rise. Police staff and ships were arranged at the Sabari confluence with the Godavari River in Kunavaram and Socile.” Koya tribes living along the banks of the Sabari and Godavari rivers were asked to be in high readiness.
In the West Godavari district, employees of the gram and Ward were instructed to remain available for help for help due to continuous precipitation. Meanwhile, it has been said that agricultural workers avoid for the next two days.
In the district of Dr. Bedkar Konaseema was opened at the Income Division Headquarters. The district collector R. Mahesh Kumar appealed to Fisherfolk not to cheat into the sea for another 48 hours.
Published – August 18, 2025 20:52
