No boundaries: Water surges from the breach in the Krishna river right flood bank at Kollapalem in Veluru panchayat of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
Although water levels were stated to be receding, people here are seen leaving Thurpupalem village following a breach in the Krishna right flood bank canal at Voleru in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, on Tuesday. Photo: T.Vijaya Kumar.
The only prospect of survival for this old woman is to move away from Kollapalem village near Repalle in Guntur district. The area was inundated after a Krishna canal breached. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
Voleru became one of the targets for floodwaters that burst forth from a canal in the Krishna river. The deluge affected 20 villages. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
A giant statue of the Dhyana Buddha towers over flooded parts of Amaravathi. The area was cut-off as Krishna waters entered the project premises. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
The priority is to move to higher ground. Women leave Chilumuru village in boats with some essential articles. In the background is the Ubhaya Rameswara Kshetram. The area is downstream of the Prakasam Barrage in Guntur district. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
This scene from Monday shows people of Chilumurulanka leaving for safer places. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Uprooted and bewildered, this senior citizen spends her time at the rehabilitation centre set up in the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada, on Tuesday. Photo: V.Raju
This is home for several families, until the flood-havoc is mitigated. Picture shows a rehabilitation centre opened in the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju
Life must go on. A family prepares a meal standing in knee-deep water at Ramalingeswara Nagar in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju
There was no let-up in the discharge from the Prakasam Barrage on Tuesday, apparently because of late-arriving flows from Nagarjunasagar. The scene near Vijayawada. Photo: V. Raju
It is water, water everywhere in Ramalingeswara Nagar, prompting a child to react in disbelief. The view on Tuesday is from Yanamalakuduru hill in Vijayawada. Photo: V. Raju
A closer view of flood-ravaged Ramalingeswara Nagar as seen from Yanamalakuduru hill in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Can governments adequately compensate the public for losses sustained in such calamities? Photo: V.Raju
These children dropped off to sleep from sheer exhaustion at the rehabilitation centre in Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju
A temporary roof over their head and no swirlilng waters around. Yet, far from home. Flood-affected families at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada. Photo: V. Raju