Andhra Pradesh urges Centre to declare flood-hit areas a national calamityHYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Monday urged the Centre to consider areas hit by the devastating floods as a national calamity. Floods threaten Vijayawada, many Andhra villages
Sonia undertakes aerial survey of flood-hit districts of Andhra PradeshHYDERABAD - Congress President Sonia Gandhi today undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh. Sonia Gandhi surveys flood-hit Andhra, assures helpHYDERABAD - United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Monday conducted an aerial survey of Andhra Pradesh’s flood-hit districts and assured all possible assistance from the central government. Sonia Gandhi surveys flood-hit Andhra from airHYDERABAD - United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Monday conducted an aerial survey of Andhra Pradesh’s flood-hit districts. Indundation threat over Vijayawada, many Andhra villagesHYDERABAD - The threat of massive flooding loomed large over Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada city and hundreds of villages in Krishna and Guntur districts with the water level in the Prakasam barrage across the Krishna river reaching the maximum level Monday. Rosaiah occupies chief minister’s chairHYDERABAD - More than a month after he took over, K. Rosaiah Monday entered the chief minister’s office at the state secretariat here - at a time fixed by his astrologers. Flood losses Rs.12,000 crore, Andhra seeks helpHYDERABAD - The worst floods in over a century have left a trail of destruction estimated at Rs.12,225 crore, the Andhra Pradesh government has said while asking New Delhi for immediate assistance of Rs.6,000 crore. Floods displace over a million people in Karnataka, AP, and MaharashtraBANGALORE/ HYDERABAD - Heavy rains and floods over the past week have wreaked havoc in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and claimed over 230 lives and displaced over a million people. Andhra Pradesh suspends aviation officialHYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Sunday suspended K.V. Brahmananda Reddy, managing director of state-owned Aviation Corporation Limited, allegedly for the delay in arranging a helicopter for the chief minister to undertake an aerial survey of flood-hit areas. PM, Sonia to visit flood-hit Andhra, KarnatakaHYDERABAD/BANGALORE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit flood-hit Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Monday and Tuesday to assess the havoc wreaked by heavy rains there and meet the affected people. Flood situation easing in Karnataka, still grim in Andhra (Roundup)
Three Andhra towns, 200 villages still under flood watersHYDERABAD - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be grim Sunday as three towns and over 200 villages in the worst-hit districts remained under water. Rain furry in four states, death toll crosses 190BANGALORE / HYDERABAD - Incessant rains and the flood fury have wrecked havoc in four states of Southern and Western India. Slowly receding floods give a ray of hope, says Andhra Pradesh CMHYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K.Rosaiah on Saturday said that the floodwaters, caused by heavy downpour for the last three days, have started receding slowly in Andhra Pradesh. Rain, flood fury claims 227 lives in India (Intro Roundup)BANGALORE/HYDERABAD/MUMBAI - At least 227 people were killed after the receding monsoon unleashed its fury with record-breaking rain and floods in parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharshtra, officials said. Kurnool town still under water, Vijayawada threatenedHYDERABAD - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh Saturday remained grim as Kurnool town and over a hundred villages were under water for a second day while Vijayawada city and parts of Krishna district faced inundation following agonizing floods that have killed 50 people. Respite in rain-hit Karnataka and Andhra, toll 190 (Roundup)HYDERABAD/BANGALORE - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka showed signs of improvement with record-breaking water levels starting to recede Saturday after three days of torrential rain. The death toll in the two neighbouring states due to the rain, caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, rose to 190. Death toll from floods in south India rises to 134 as army steps up rescue effortsHYDERABAD, India — Soldiers plucked marooned villagers from rooftops in rescue operations Saturday after flash floods and landslides killed 134 people in southern India, officials and news reports said. Andhra flood situation grim, respite in Karnataka (Afternoon Lead)HYDERABAD/BANGALORE - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh Saturday remained grim with swollen rivers threatening to submerge Kurnool town even as water levels receded in neighbouring Karnataka. 15 choppers, 600 army personnel for flood rescue work in AndhraHYDERABAD - As many as 15 helicopters and about 600 army personnel have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh for rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas. Andhra flood situation stays grimHYDERABAD - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh Saturday continued to be alarming with Kurnool town facing threat of complete submergence while Vijayawada city is also in danger of inundation due flooding in the Krishna river. PM, Sonia assure Andhra support to tackle floodsHYDERABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Friday night assured full support to Andhra Pradesh in tackling the flood situation that has turned alarming. Andhra’s Kurnool town faces threat of submergenceHYDERABAD - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned alarming Friday night as Kurnool town was in danger of being submerged in the backwaters of the Srisailam dam due to unprecedented inflows. Sonia Gandhi is like my mother, says YSR’s sonHYDERABAD - Member of Parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Friday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi was like his mother and asked the party cadre to strengthen her leadership. Rain deaths mount in Karnataka, Andhra; Army, air force begin rescue (Roundup)BANGALORE/HYDERABAD - At least 130 people have been killed in Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in heavy rain since Wednesday and army boats and air force helicopters Friday began to rescue hundreds of people marooned at several places. Soldiers, choppers rescue flood-hit in AndhraHYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Friday called in the army while six helicopters of Indian Air Force were pressed into service to rescue marooned people as the flood situation in the state continued to be grim. Unprecedented inflows in Srisailam triggered Andhra floods: MinisterHYDERABAD - The unprecedented inflows into Srisailam dam across Krishna river in Kurnool district have triggered flash floods in Andhra Pradesh, state Minister for Revenue and Relief Dharmana Prasada Rao said Friday. MPs, legislators also hit by Andhra floodsHYDERABAD - It is not just the common man who is trapped in the flood waters in Andhra Pradesh but MPs, state legislators and other public representatives too are hit by the natural calamity. Flood situation in Andhra grim, toll rises to 26HYDERABAD - The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned more grim Friday as the death toll rose to 26, hundreds of people were trapped in flood waters and thousands more were rendered homeless. |
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HYDERABAD - 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.
BANGALORE/HYDERABAD - Respite from rains Sunday improved the situation in flood-hit north Karnataka but surging waters from an overflowing Krishna river threatened to inundate coastal districts of Vijayawada and Guntur in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, senior officials said.
