Vijayawada, October 05: Road traffic between Vijayawada and Hyderabad has been disrupted as flood water started flowing on the National Highway-9 at Ibrahimpatnam and Kanchikacharla villages in Krishna district late tonight.
Following this, authorities have started diverting vehicles including passenger buses from Suryapet towards Khammam.
Similarly, vehicles from Visakhapatnam going towards Hyderabad have been diverted via Jangareddigudem and Wyra, police said.
The state-owned APSRTC has cancelled all the Volvo bus services between Vijayawada and Hyderabad while most of the super luxury services have also been cancelled, officials said.
With the floods expected to cross 10.5 lakh cusecs over the next few hours, restoration of normal traffic on the National Highway 9 – between Vijayawada and Hyderabad, is ruled out even on Monday.
Meanwhile, tourist resort Bhavani Island in the middle of the river Krishan in Vijayawada has submerged due to the heavy floods.
-PTI