Andhra Pradesh   

Overflowing drain forces people to vacate houses

K.N. Murali Sankar

DEVARAPALLI (Krishna dist.): Residents of this tiny hamlet near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh have been vacating their houses one after the other with overflowing water from Lajjabanda drain inundating the place slowly. By Friday afternoon, the village was caught in waist-deep water. The drain from Guduru joins the sea in Manginapudi, 7 km from this hamlet. With canals from Movva, Kodali and Gudlavalleru villages joining the drain, Lajjabanda began to overflow.

A few brave families, which remained in the hamlet, too began vacating their houses. But, where to go? The lone relief camp opened by the district administration in Munjuluru primary school, was already jam-packed.

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