Vijayawada, Aug. 21 -- The flood situation of rivers Godavari and Krishna is grim, hundreds of island villages were surrounded by the Godavari flood water in East Godavari, Eluru and Konaseema districts and flood hit people are being shifted to relief camps.
Aggravating the flood situation, the Gowthami, Shabari, Vashista and Vaitai, the tributaries of the river Godavari are also in spate. The official machinery of ASR, East Godavari, Kakinada, Eluru, West Godavari and Konaseema districts were put on high alert on Thursday.
As many as 100 island villages in Konaseema and WE district were surrounded by the Godavari flood waters. The villagers are using boats to come out of their villages. In East Godavari district, many flood affected peo...