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The deep depression over West central Bay of Bengal has crossed northern Andhra Pradesh near Kakinada on the coast between 6.30 a.m. and seven.30 a.m. on Tuesday, with most sustained pace of 55-65 km per hour, in keeping with an official launch issued by the Indian Meteorological Department.
The sea situation will stay tough on Tuesday.
The Kakinada coast between town and Uppada space has been closed for vehicular actions as water entered the street and the homes. A number of thatched homes have been collapsed, in keeping with native fisherfolk. However, no casualty was reported. Nearly ten homes situated on the shore have been badly affected attributable to erosion owing to failure of geo-tube.
East Godavari Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy and Kakinada MP V. Geetha inspected the Uppada coast and adjoining villages the place a number of households have been evacuated to the aid camps.
Fisheries Joint Director P. Koteswara Rao advised The Hindu that every one the boats engaged within the fishing within the Bay of Bengal have already arrived safely.Fishing actions can be stopped till normalcy is prevailed within the sea.
In the East Godavari delta and different plain areas, hundreds of acres of paddy fields remained underneath water. The Agriculture Department and Revenue officers are enumerating the paddy fields, that are scheduled to be harvested by October finish. The rainwater has logged within the low-lying areas in Kakinada and Rajamahendravaram. The cities of Pithapuram and Amalapuram have additionally been affected attributable to incessant rainfall over the previous two days.
Heavy rains lash A.P.’s Krishna district
Very heavy to heavy rains lashed the district since Monday evening throwing life out of drugs in lots of components attributable to deep depression shifting over the area.
The district has obtained a whopping 4,855 mm rainfall throughout 50 mandals prior to now 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Tuesday. On common, the district obtained 97.1 mm rainfall prior to now day. The earlier day solely 11.7 mm common rainfall was witnessed.
Mandals of Vissannapeta (192mm), Nuzvid (184mm), Penugranchipolu (175mm), Vatsavai (172mm) and Bapulapadu (167mm) and a number of other others together with Vijayawada obtained an enormous quantity of rainfall.
Most of the roads in Vijayawada have been waterlogged following steady rainfall all through the evening and within the morning. Pedestrians needed to wade by means of knee-deep water-filled roads to commute to work.
Meanwhile, inflows to the Krishna River at Prakasam Barrage are step by step growing since morning.
The inflows went to 1.27 lakh cusecs at 10 am from 86,000 cusecs at 7 am.
District officers mentioned the inflows would additional rise as outflow at Pulichintala challenge upstream was round 2.80 lakh cusecs and Prakasam Barrage would finally witness 4 lakh cusecs influx.
Reviewing the scenario district Collector A.Md. Imtiaz requested officers to make all crucial preparations to mitigate rainfall and flood affect.
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