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Flood hits traffic movement

Ordeal by water: A patient being carried to a safer place through knee-deep floodwater at Ponangi in West Godavari district on Sunday.

ELURU: Flood hit the traffic movement hard in several parts of West Godavari district on Sunday. The APSRTC suspended its services on the Eluru-Narsapur route. The movement of buses in the Kovvuru-Eluru section on the State highway was affected since the road near Nallajarla was badly damaged by the flooding Yarrakalva.

The traffic was diverted through the Kolkatta-Chennai National Highway-5, bypassing the affected Nallajarla-Devarapalli section, according to SP B. Balakrishna. The people of Kasigudem were put to hardship following the loss of transport facility as the Pedapadu-Kasigudem road turned into a huge of puddle of water, thanks to the flooding Ramileru. People were seen wading through knee-deep waters.

Similarly, several habitations under Sanivarapupet gram panchayat such as Satavahana Nagar, Katta Subbaraotohota, Sriram Nagar and several villages on the Nuziveed road were cut off from transport link as the causeway on the Eluru-Nuzvid road near Ameenapet was flooded by the Tammileru. Traffic was diverted via Vidyanagar and TTD Kalyana Mantapam.

Another causeway near Sriparru was also submerged, leading to suspension of RTC services bound for Narsapur.

As the road leading to Eluru remained water-logged, the people of Ponangi faced hardship for want of transport.

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