Chintoor ITDA Project Officer Apoorva Bharat inspecting Sokileru stream in Chintoor agency in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: Special Arrangement
At least 12 Koya tribal pockets have been cut off from their mainland both from the end of Chintoor and Bhadrachalam on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh borders in Andhra Pradesh, with inflow of flood water touched to the first warning level at 43 feet recorded in Bhadrachalam in Telangana State.
By 8.15 a.m., the flood water inflow was above 9.30 lakh cusecs at Bhadrachalam. The second warning will be issued when the flood water level reaches 48 feet at Bhadrachalam. All these 12 villages are located downstream of Bhadrachalam and cut off from the ends of Bhadrachalam-Kunavaram and Chintoor-Kunavaram.
Chintoor Integrated Tribal Development Agency Project Officer, Apoorva Bharat, said that relief and rescue operations would commence soon. Control rooms have been set up in the mandals Chintoor, Kunavaram, Yetapaka and V.R.Puram, which are in the submergence area of the Polavaram irrigation project.
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Published – August 20, 2025 04:11 pm IST
