Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday instructed the revenue officials to be on the alert with the Godavari being in spate and instructed them to take all necessary steps. Reddy instructed the official machinery to evacuate people from the low lying areas and asked the officials to be on high alert in the East and West Godavari districts. Earlier in the day, Irrigation department officials of Andhra Pradesh has appealed people of low lying areas to be on alert as 70 gates of Prakasam Barrage in Vijaywada has been lifted to release the floodwater. "River Krishna is overflowing at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada. The irrigation department has lifted 70 gates and leaving the flood water into the sea," said the officials.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 01:30 UTC