Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, October 07: The vulnerability of the flood banks of Krishna stood thoroughly exposed on Tuesday when they breached at some places while others threatened to cave in as the flood level in the Prakasam Barrage hovered well over the 10 lakh cusec mark.

People living in the river delta in Krishna and Guntur spent the day in fear as the inflow into the barrage remained at 10.80 lakh cusecs and the outflow 10.55 lakh cusecs till 6 p.m. The silver lining, however, was the government’s firm assurance that the outflow would come down significantly by Wednesday afternoon.

Hyderabad, October 06:The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh improved Tuesday after killing 52 people, with water inflows coming down at the Prakasam barrage across the Krishna river and providing some respite to Vijayawada city and over 200 villages inundated downstream.

Though the river breached its embankment at two places in Krishna and Guntur districts flooding about 30 villages, officials said there was no major threat to the embankment.

Vijayawada, October 06: The biggest flood in over one hundred years hit the dam on the river Krishna Prakasam threatening several towns downstream, including as
people of the city of Vijayawada clung to a faint hope on Monday.

The death toll in heavy rains and devastating floods in the state rose to 52. Krishna was angry as a record of 11.03 lakh PCPs flood water reached Prakasam barrage. However, there was no threat to human lives as 2.5 lakh people of Krishna and Guntur districts have already been moved to relief camps.

Hyderabad, October 06: Millions of people have been forced from their homes in what officials in India describe as some of the country’s worst flooding for a century in areas that were recently suffering from severe drought.

Vijayawada, October 06: The unprecedented floods in Krishna district, which created a havoc since the last three days, was likely to recede from today with the discharges from Prakasam barrage to bay of Bengal was ”steady” since 0100 Hrs, early today.

Talking to UNI, an official in the irrigation department said if there was no further discharges from Nagarjunasagar to Prakasam barrage, the discharges here also will come down.

He said normally during the last three days, the discharges of as much as 10,000 to 15,000 cusecs of water had increased by every passing hour.

Guntur, October 06: Due to heavy floods in river Krishna for the last three days, the flood bank at Pallapalem in Battiprolu Mandal in this district of Andhra Pradesh got breached up to 20 metres today.

Official sources said, as a result there was a grave threat of Repalle and Pateru towns getting water-logged.

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Heavy Industries Kanna Laxminarayana, who visited the spot told TV channels, despite placing sand bags and large number of boulders to protect the flood bund, the breach could not be stopped.

Hyderabad, October 06: Andhra Pradesh is gearing for more floods as a swollen Krishna river inundated parts of Vijayawada city and threatened to swamp hundreds of villages

Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh yesterday as floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week left 2.5mn people homeless.

Hyderabad, October 06: The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to double the compensation to Rs2 lakh for families of victims who have lost their lives in the floods. The decision was taken by chief minister K Rosaiah while reviewing the flood situation at a meeting here.

Rosaiah, who presided over the meeting in the chief minister’s chamber, said though the flood situation was fast improving, the administration needs to be cautious in Krishna and Guntur districts, where low-lying areas are still inundated.

Hyderabad, October 06: Andhra Pradesh Government’s employees, teachers and workers have decided to donate their one day basic pay for flood relief in the state.

The amount from October salary, which comes to around Rs50 crore, will be donated to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, a release from the Joint Action Committee (JAC), a employees’ union, said here today. The money will be given to the chief minister on November 1, it added.

Hyderabad, October 05: Government of Andhra Pradesh ahs fixed October 10th as deadline for SBMS post-matric scholarship.

The application for SBMS Scholarship will be available on internet till October 10th.

Last Date for Submission of Fresh Scholarship Applications is 10th October’ 2009. Fresh Students should take Printout of Application for submission in College along with relevant certificates.

Hyderabad, October 05:The Andhra Pradesh government has renamed Kadapa district as Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy district in memory of the former chief minister who died in a helicopter crash last month.

The government Monday issued the order renaming Kadapa, the native district of Rajasekhara Reddy.

YSR, as the late chief minister was popularly known, died in a helicopter crash in the dense forests in Kurnool district on Sep 2 while he was on his way to Chittoor district to launch a government programme.

New Delhi, October 05:Undertaking one of the biggest relief and rescue operations in the flood-ravaged states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the armed forces have rescued hundreds of marooned people so far.

“1,336 people have been rescued so far by the armed forces in the flood-ravaged states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The army, air force and the navy are working round-the-clock to rescue the marooned people and provide much needed food in the flood affected areas,” a defence ministry spokesperson said Monday.

Hyderabad, October 05: The State Government feels that there is no threat of unprecedented flood in Vijayawada, other parts of Krishna and Guntur districts.

It is basing this assumption with inflows into the Srisailam Reservoir decreasing.

It, however, does not mean that there is no flood threat at all. Only, it may not be on a collosal scale. Now the task before the irrigation officials is to see that flood flow should not cross 10 lakh cusecs at Prakasam barrage.

Bangalore/Hyderabad, October 05:Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Monday sought immediate central assistance of Rs.16,000 crore for rehabilitation work as large parts of the states were hit by torrential rain and flash floods that killed over 240 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.

The demand came as Congress president and United Progressive Chairperson Sonia Gandhi made an aerial survey of the havoc wrought by the rain that started Wednesday as a result of deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.

Hyderabad, October 05: Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao was closeted with AP Congress affairs in charge and Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily for over two hours at Lake View Guest House this night. According to sources, they discussed YSR’s succession issue but no details were immediately available. The meeting assumed significance in view of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s scheduled visit to Hyderabad for an aerial survey of flood-affected districts tomorrow.

Hydeabad, October 05: Hundreds of trucks, buses and other vehicles were stranded at several places on National Highway Number 7 (NH-7), which connects Hyderabad and Bangalore, due to breaches caused by the unprecedented rains in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Officials say that it will take at least two days to restore normal traffic on the arterial road.

NH-7, which is one of the major national highways passing through the State, was breached at several places by the flood waters of furious Tungabhadra river.

Kurnool, October 05: Greed apparently blinds people to the misery of others.

Hyderabad, October 05: Even God could not escape Nature’s fury as the gushing waters of Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers swamped several historic temples in Krishna, Nalgonda, Kurnool and Mahaboobnagar districts.

With the Krishna being most furious in its 100-year history, several temples, which have a great history and religious importance, were submerged in the flood water.

The Alampur Jogulamba temple in Mahaboobnagar district, one of the nation’s 18 Sakti Peethams, was submerged under Tungabhadra waters.

Hyderabad, October 05: Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada city and hundreds of villages in Krishna and Guntur districts faced the prospect of massive floods Monday with the water level in the Prakasam barrage across the Krishna river reaching the maximum level.

The inflows in the barrage have crossed a record million cusecs, inundating parts of Vijayawada, one of the state’s biggest cities with 1.2 million people, located on the banks of the river. Thousands of people are still being evacuated from villages downstream.

Hyderabad, October 05: Extending help to flood-affected people of the State, the police dispatched six lorries containing clothes and food material to the neighbouring Mahaboobnagar district on Sunday. The initiative was taken by the officers of City Armed Reserve (CAR) based at Petlaburj in the Old City.

Vijayawada, October 05: The heaviest flood in over a 100 years in India’s southern and western part, Monday hit the Prakasam Barrage on Krishna River threatening several villages downstream even as the toll due to heavy rains and rampaging floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra climbed to 240.

River Krishna virtually turned into a sea in all its fury as a record 10.61 lakh cusecs of flood water reached Prakasam Barrage.

Ingredients 6 pieces of dry meat
10 green chilies
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Tomato puree
1 tsp. ginger
2 tbsp. of oil

Method 1.Grill the dry pieces meat in a tandoor or oven until brown.
2.Remove them from the grill cut into small pieces and keep aside.
3.Wash ginger and green chilies and grind.
4.Now take a pan and place on the fire.
5.Pour in oil and add green chilies, ginger paste, tomato puree and cook the brown pieces of meat.
6.Add a little water and shake properly for a few seconds and serve steaming hot.

Hyderabad, October 05: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi undertook an aerial survey of Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts which bore the brunt of torrential rains and devastating floods. Gandhi, who arrived here this morning by a special plane, was accompanied by Chief Minister K Rosaiah, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Union Law Minister and in-charge of Congress Affairs in Andhra Pradesh M Veerappa Moily and state Congress chief D Srinivas.

Hyderabad, October 05: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Ms. Gandhi, who arrived here around 10 am, left for aerial survey, with Chief Minister K Rosaiah and state Congress president D Srinivas.

–PTI

Hyderabad, October 05: The Andhra Government has put the preliminary estimate of the damages caused by the flood in Krishna river at Rs. 12,225 crore.

Also, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has requested the Centre to consider the flood disaster as a national calamity of rare severity and release Rs. 6,000 crore to the State under the National Calamity Contingency Fund as advance for taking up relief, rehabilitation and restoration works on war footing.