100 pregnant women shifted to hospitals in Prakasam district amid heavy rain forecast

100 pregnant women shifted to hospitals in Prakasam district amid heavy rain forecast

Prakasam District Collector A. Thameem Ansaria speaking to cyclone-affected families, who are taking shelter at ZP High School in Kothapatnam, on Tuesday night. | Photo Credit: The Hindu With heavy rain forecast, Prakasam Collector A. Thameem Ansaria on October 15 (Monday) asked the officials to take measures to prevent any loss of life, with a … Read more

Boats struck in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam Barrage, base of a pillar damaged

Boats struck in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam Barrage, base of a pillar damaged

A pillar at Gate No. 69 of Prakasam Barrage was damaged after boats which came in flood got struck. Irrigation officials released 11.14 lakh Cusecs of flood to the downstream on Monday. | Photo Credit: G. N. Rao The base of the pillar at Gate No. 69 in Prakasam Barrage was damaged when a fews … Read more

Inter-State ganja racket busted in Prakasam

Inter-State ganja racket busted in Prakasam

Ongole Deputy Superintendent of Police U. Nagaraju and police personnel with the seized ganja, in Ongole on Friday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Prakasam police busted a ganja smuggling racket with the seizure of contraband worth ₹16.50 lakh from eight peddlers, including three from Tamil Nadu and two from Kerala, near Tangutur in Prakasam district … Read more

All gates of Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada lifted to release 5.06 cusecs of water

All gates of Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada lifted to release 5.06 cusecs of water

The Central Water Commission issues a first flood warning for the third time in the present water year The Central Water Commission issues a first flood warning for the third time in the present water year Officials of the Water Resources Department lifted all 70 gates up to a height of 9 feet to release … Read more