Police and tax officials rushed to the affected villages.
With the rising tide in the Godavari River, officials sounded the alarm and evacuated many tribal families who were in the mandalas of Polavaram and Velerupadu on Friday.
In Godavari, the flood increased due to the closure of the cofferdam.
Finance and police officers moved the affected families to safer locations. Some families sought refuge in nearby hilly areas.
In many places, officials reinforced the river wall with sandbags to prevent it from breaking through. Collector Kartikeya Misra and Police Superintendent K. Narayan Naik held meetings on the flood.
The project officer YV Prasanna Lakshmi of the KR Puram Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) and the Deputy Police Commissioner (DSP) of Polavaram, K. Latha Kumari, visited the affected villages on Friday.
“The villagers were warned of the rising flood. The Village Revenue Officers (VROs), ITDA officials and police are camping in villages and monitoring the situation, “said the DSP The Hindu.
The rising water level threatened the communication facilities of Kothuru, Yedlapalli and other villages.
The Yedla Vaagu are overcrowded, causing panic among the tribes living in the Yedlapalli village, local residents said.
Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) officials distributed rice, sugar, dal and other essentials to the affected families in Buttaigudem, Kukunoor, Polavaram, Velerupadu and other mandalas.