Even as the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka is said to be staggering back to normal, the fact remains that 200,000 people have been rendered homeless in Andhra Pradesh
Even as the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka is said to be staggering back to normal, the fact remains that 200,000 people have been rendered homeless in Andhra Pradesh. But the 500,000 inhabitants of Kurnool (250 km away from Hyderabad) heaved a sigh of relief when it was said that their town wouldn't submerge in the water.
In Karnataka meanwhile, 150,000 people are taking shelter in relief camps, 3,000 cattle have perished while 1,03,291 houses have been damaged. The death toll of both states has been reported as 172 (156 in Karnataka and 16 in Andhra Pradesh). But it may go up as several areas in Andhra Pradesh are yet to be accessed.
As of Saturday, the Southern Central Railway has cancelled 17 long distance trains and 9 passenger trains while 29 other trains have been diverted because of submerged tracks at Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts in Andhra Pradesh and Guntakal and Wadi in Karnataka. The army has sent out around 700 troops along with eight medical teams and an engineer task force to carry out relief and rescue operations in the flood-affected districts of both southern states.
Meanwhile, 19 people passed away due to heavy rainfall in the interiors of Maharashtra Ratnagiri, Solapur and Sindhudhurg districts. Eight boats have been sent to the flood hit areas even as Sangli district remains cut off from the rest of the state.
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