Around 132 Lorries and JCBs were reportedly trapped in flash floods in the Krishna river on Saturday at Chevitikallu of Nandigama constituency of Krishna district. Lorry drivers alleged that the officials have released the water without prior information. The lorry drivers went into the Krishna river to load the sand on Friday night when the vehicles trapped in the floods. The lorry drivers reacted swiftly and rescued themselves. However, the workers and cleaners who were sleeping in the lorries and tractors were stranded.
Police, Revenue and Fire Services personnel reached the spot and rescued about 120 stranded truck drivers and cleaners and shifted them to safety in boats. Revenue officials said they too had no prior information about the flood flow.
Over 75,000 cusecs of water came from upstream Dr. K L Rao Sagar Project at Pulichintala while another 5,000 cusecs came from Munneru rivulet due to heavy rain in the catchment, revenue officials said. Sand excavation was being carried out at a reach inside the river and the trucks were meant to carry it out."We have safely evacuated the stranded drivers and cleaners. The vehicles can be brought out only after the water level recedes, Nandigama sub-divisional police officer Nageswara Reddy said.
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