Heavy rains lash Andhra and Telengana – 150 fishermen missing

Normal life was thrown completely out of gear as heavy rains continued to lash Andhra and Telangana for the second day. 150 fishermen have been reported as missing – they had ventured out to sea on 17 June in 20 boats. Officials have set up control rooms to meet the flood threat.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 21 June 2015.

The missing fishermen are from East Godavari, Krishna and Guntur districts and officials have launched a search operation in the Bay of Bengal with the help of the Coast Guard.
The worst hit districts in Telengana are Warangal, Khammam and Adilabad – the streams and rivulets are overflowing and traffic is blocked while marooning low-lying areas are marooned while dozens of villages have lost connectivity.
The water level in the Godavari at Bhadrachalam has been steadily increasing and people living in low-lying areas are in panic. The water level at Bhadrachalam stood at 24 ft on Saturday afternoon – this was nearly 11 ft up when compared to Friday evening.
The production of coal in the Singareni open cast mines in Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar and Adilabad has been affected because the rain water entered the open cast mining area.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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