Tirupati: At least 17 people died and more than 100 were reported missing in separate incidents because the rain continued to cause flash floods in four regencies of Rayalaseema andhra Pradesh regions on Friday.
Depression in Bengal Bay caused Flash flood to trigger flooding.
When Cheyyuru River water violated the Annamayya project which led to floods marching in several mandals in the constituency of Rajampet Assembly and other parts of Kadapa Regency, three APSRTC buses filled with passengers trapped in flood water near Rajampet Mandal on Friday.
Although fire service personnel save the majority of passengers and staff APSRTC, twelve people who were washed away in flash floods were found dead in various places in Rajampet Mandal.
While officials took 7 bodies near Gandluru, three bodies were taken near Riauvaram and the other two bodies were taken near Mandapalli.
Meanwhile, 30 people belonging to Mandapalli, Akepadu, Nandaluru in Rajambampet Mandal reportedly drifting in flooding and officials had launched search operations to save them.
Railway and road traffic between Tirupati and Kadapa stopped because flood water damaged the traces of the train and national highway in several places along the route.
While Kadapa airport has been closed to the 25th month, nearly 10 train plying between the Nandalur-Rajampet route has been transferred by the South Central train.
APSRTC also suspended bus services from Tirupati-Kadapa, Tirupati-Piler-Rajampet and other routes because flash floods have damaged the streets along these routes.
Meanwhile, a man and his wife who went to the KC canal for several religious rituals in Karthika Deepotsavam Eve was washed in a flood on Friday.
Their body was restored near Padidampadu.
The deceased was identified as Raghavendra and Indira, residents of Abbas Nagar in Kurnool.
The Tungabhadra River which received a heavy inflow was in a full spate that encouraged officials to lift 12 symbol gates and release water downstream.
This was the first time in 39 years that the Tungabhadra project reached a full reservoir level in November.
In the Chittoor district, two people reportedly died in a separate incident on Friday.
While the body of a woman who was washed away with four other women in the flood waters of the Balijapalli tank in Bangarupalyam Mandal was found, rescue operations were tracking other women.
Meanwhile, 55-year-old people who sneak into the gut hole due to lack of visibility due to flooded rain near Lajashipuram Circle was feared dead because there was no footsteps even 24 hours after the incident.
The NDRF team used a ship and saved as many as 60 people who were drifting in the flood water near the village of Jeevagram at the Mandal Renigunta of the Chittoor district on Friday.
Duplex House on the banks of the Swarnamukhi River collapsed at Vasundhara Nagar Locality in Tiruchanoor near Tirupati on Friday.
The homes of the house have emptied the house last night after the flood rate swelled.
Meanwhile, a young man who was identified as Ranjith died in Ganthumarri Village in Ramagiri Mandal Anantapur District when his house collapsed due to rainy rain when he fell asleep.
The NDRF team was speed in the helicopter and managed to save 10 people trapped in Chtiravati’s flood water near Veldurthi Village at Chenne Kothapalli Mandal from the Anantapur district on Friday.
While 17 people reportedly died in the incident related to separate floods, more than 100 people were reported drifting in flash floods in Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur on Friday and SDRF and NDRF, fire police, fire service personnel had launched rescue operations to track them .
With more than 15,000 pilgrims stranded in Tirumala where Twin Ghat roads and twin pedestrian routes have been closed, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has made a complicated food and place to residence for worshipers on Friday.
Even though Road Down Ghat partly operates to allow worshipers to their original goals, Jalan Ghat must be closed again at 6pm on Friday due to fog and bad weather.
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