"khammam-floods"

Heavy rains caused Munneru river and local streams to overflow in Khammam, cutting off villages and inundating crops. Authorities have opened relief centres, increased patrolling, and lifted gates of Kinnerasani reservoir to manage excess water as the Godavari rises

A mandal agriculture officer in Khammam had a close call after his car submerged in floodwaters at a railway underbridge. Locals rescued him and demanded preventive steps as waterlogging at the site has become a regular monsoon hazard.

Leaders of different political parties asked the government to credit Rs 16,500 compensation into the bank accounts of the families that have not yet received it.

Though the State government sought Rs.5,000 crore towards interim relief after the recent floods wreaked widespread havoc, the Centre has sanctioned only a meagre Rs. 416.80 crore.

680 applications for SSC, 454 for intermediate, 94 for degree/B Tech, 47 for post graduate certificates and 29 applications received for passport so far, said Additional Collector Dr. P Srija

Only 40 percent of the repair works were completed so far and it was likely to take some more time to finish the entire work.

Khammam District Collector Muzammil Khan plans to train interested citizens in disaster management to serve as volunteers and assist with relief operations during floods.

Students of Samatha Super Gems School at Konijera near Khammam contributed an amount of Rs 35,000 for flood relief.

D Kotaiah had suffered a heart stroke as his house at Ganesh Nagar of Danavaigudem was damaged and his belongings were washed away by the floods

MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao said Kothagudem, Khammam, Mahabubabad and other districts suffered huge loss due to the rains. Farmers lost crops, families lost household goods and infrastructure was damaged.

The team comprising Central government officials toured the flood affected area in Khammam city and surrounding areas in two teams with three officials in each team.

According to the report as many as 15, 258 houses were damaged in 12 mandals in the district.

The flood-affected families are complaining that the compensation announced by the government is not distributed yet and many families are not covered under the survey done to assess the loss

District Collector Muzammil Khan informed that 72 teams have been formed to cover flood affected villages, Sathupalli, Wyra and Madhira towns.

District Collector Muzammil Khan inspected the flooded colonies in the fourth ward of Wyra municipality and low lying colonies near Wyra reservoir and interacted with the residents. He told the residents to stay in relief centres set up by the government until the flood recedes.

Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said a financial assistance of Rs.16,500 would be extended to each family that suffered huge losses in the floods, He also instructed officials to commence the distribution exercise from Monday

As per Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s instructions all the elected public representatives, corporation vice cherpersons and advisors would be donating their two months salary, said Minister D Sridhar Babu

Meanwhile, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who was also present along with the Union Minister, convinced the people that the government would extend all possible support

A delegation comprising MLAs KP Vivekananda and Madhavaram Krishna Rao called on Additional DGP Mahesh Bhagwat, and sought immediate action against the perpetrators who attacked BRS leaders during Khammam flood relief operations

The Munneru river, typically a dry tributary of the Krishna river, swelled unexpectedly, causing a flash flood that wreaked havoc in just one hour between 10 am and 11 am on Sunday.