Khammam witnesses worst floods in 30 years

KHAMMAM: The Munneru river is in full fury again this season after a gap of 30 years, leaving several people stranded in floodwaters.

Many residents, whose homes were inundated, were unable to cook and some even lacked drinking water. Rani, along with her four children, in Karnagiri, Khammam Rural mandal, climbed to the roof of their house at 5 am on Sunday. With no one coming to their rescue or providing food, she sent a video plea to her relatives, requesting help from officials. .

Another family, stranded in floodwaters in Bokkalagadda, Khammam district, pleaded with Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao to rescue them. A woman from Bokkalagadda said the floodwaters had damaged the walls of their house, and she feared it might collapse at any moment.

This is not the plight of just two families; residents of as many as 25 colonies in Khammam city, close to the Munneru river, are distressed as water has surrounded their houses up to 10 feet high. The persons affected are appealing to the government for assistance and relocation to safer places.