A 45-year-old government school teacher, D Venkateshwar Rao, was found dead in the Nagarjuna Sagar canal in Khammam district. His family found his motorbike near the canal, prompting a police search that resumed on Monday morning.
Collector Muzammil Khan directs the Irrigation Officials to execute the Palair left canal bed repair works on a war footing basis and complete works by night to supply irrigation water to the farmers.