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Many villagers being shifted to safer places

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Those under Thotapalli reservoir face threat following rain in Orissa

VIZIANAGARAM: On the instructions of Collector B. Kishore, officials, with the assistance of the police, began shifting people of Naviri, Naviri Colony, Gijaba and other villages under the Thotapalli reservoir project to safer places. According to SDPO, Parvathipuram, N. Sudershana Rao, some 20 trucks were engaged this morning to shift people in the wake of heavy rain in the neighbouring Orissa districts. He said that the administration had already made arrangements at VITAM College building.

When villagers of Naviri and Naviri Colony refused to vacate their homes until the R & R package was settled, tehsildars of Sitanagaram and Balijipeta B. Sudershana Dora and Ch. Ramakrishna held talks with them and assured them of relief in the third phase. Later, 117 families of Naviri village, under the second phase, were issued house-site pattas.

Preventive steps

Meanwhile, the flood flow in the Nagavali at the Thotapalli barrage was not alarming, said Parvathipuram Revenue Divisional Officer M. Satyanarayana. However, preventive measures were taken to meet any threat. Panchayat Secretaries, VROs and RIs were put on alert. In Vizianagaram town, which recorded 55.2 mm of rain in the last 24 hours (ending 8.30 a.m. on Thursday), residents in low-lying areas such as Clock Tower, Rajiv Nagar Colony, P.V.G. Nagar, City Bus Stand were severely affected as sewage water entered their homes.

According to official sources, Poosapatirega received 97.7 mm rainfall followed by Mentada 85.2 mm, Cheepurupalli 82.4 mm and Garividi 74.2 mm.

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