Heavy rains and floods that battered parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh last week affected over 10 lakh people, destroyed agriculture crops of over 5 lakh acres, and damaged 4,222 km long roads besides claiming 45 human lives.
The unprecedented rains and floods left a trail of destruction in Vijayawada city and other parts of the NTR district and surrounding districts of Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, and Palnadu.
Vijayawada, one of the major cities in the state, bore the brunt of flood water from Budameru Rivulet inundating several residential areas.