Andhra Pradesh floods - an update from Guntur District

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 2:19 PM

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The situation is Andhra Pradesh remains dire with concerns about sanitation and spread of disease rising. Currently, four GiveIndia listed NGOs are raising funds for those affected. Help them out by posting the link on your blog, send an email to your friends, urge everyone to open their heart and donate today!

Mr Ramamohan NVS, Secretary of HELP sent in a report on Tuesday regarding floods in Krishna and Guntur dist of AP for us to read. He says "10 villages in Guntur District have been submerged due to the heavy floods of River Krishna. Around 40 Lanka villages are still at the risk of being submerged. The outflow of waters form Prakasam barrage is around 9 lackh cusecs. If the bunds are breached due to such swiftly flowing waters, another 40 villages will face a heavy loss.

The sluice gate at Vallabhapuram village of Kollipara Mandal has been washed off today, and as a result Atthalurivari Palem and Kammavari palem villages are flooded. Likewise, at least 6 villages of Bhattiprolu Mandal are submerged following breaches to the bunds along the banks of the river, while the officials fear that Repalle town will also be affected.

So far, 74 villages are completely sub merged, while 46 villages are badly affected and have no links with other villages. The dist officials have estimated that another 124 villages are likely
to be affected by the floods."

Here are some photos he has sent. The quality of the photos isn't great but one can still see the destruction caused by the water.