YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to Visit Flood-hit Areas on Monday, Tuesday

Hyderabad: YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will tour flood-affected areas in Andhra Pradesh. He will visit submerged areas in Guntur district on Monday and Tuesday.
YS Jagan will interact with farmers, who suffered crop loss owing to heavy rains, and other flood victims in the district.

Cotton fields in Prakasam district have been flooded as Nallamada Vagu breached. It’s estimated that farmers have taken up cotton cultivation in 1,000 acres in the district. Farmers are struggling to bail out water from the fields. The Nallamada Vagu has inundated the fields at Cherukuru in Parchur mandal.

Parchur mandal officials are making efforts to prevent the water from entering into habitations. Steps were taken on a war-footing to plug breaches in the swollen Sakivagu near Adusumalle. Vehicular traffic remained disrupted from Parchur to Guntur.

Cotton fields in Prakasam district have been flooded as Nallamada Vagu breached. It’s estimated that farmers have taken up cotton cultivation in 1,000 acres in the district.

Meanwhile, the train services in Hyderabad-Vijayawada route were stalled for third day as tracks at several places were damaged due to the floods. South Central Railway (SCR) announced cancellation of 17 trains and diversion of 24 trains as the railway tracks between Sattenapalli and Piduguralla in Guntur district were damaged.