A Sub-Inspector and his team rescued 54 coronavirus patients from a care centre in Kadapa district.
(Image: Ashish Pandey)Chaos mounted as rainwater inundated a Covid care centre in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
A sub-inspector and his team rescued 54 coronavirus patients from a Covid care centre in Kadapa district after it was inundated with floodwater.Authorities at Haj Bhavan located in Chennuru of Kadapa district had sent an SOS message informing about the rainwater entering the building.On receiving the information, Sub-Inspector Tulasi, along with his team, rushed to the spot and rescued the stranded coronavirus patients.All rescued people were shifted to another faculty which was created at a private Engineering college.Several districts in Andhra Pradesh, particularly the Rayalseema region, are facing a flood-like situation even as heavy rainfall continue to lash the state.According to Central Water Commission, even as Jurala Project is nearly full, the water released from Jurala, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar and Pulichintala Dams are likely to cause an excess inflow of water for another 2-3 days.Meanwhile, water in river Tungabhadra (in Kurnool district) is rising, leading to additional inflows into Srisailam Dam.Due to very heavy rain occurring in Kadapa, river Papagni, which is a tributary of river Pennar is rising rapidly at Kamalapuram, while the water level in river Pennar is also rising all along its course due to rainfall exceeding 100 mm in most of the areas.The weather department has predicted more rain in Andhra Pradesh.