Six people were injured in a landslide that occurred at Journalists’ Colony on Sunday. Huge boulders rolled down from the Mogalrajpuram Hills on a house at the foothills. The injured have been identified as Boddu Lakshmi, Kodali Srinivas, Ambati Satyaraju, Kavuri Sarojini, Bayyarapu Balaraju and Dasari Siva. Apart from Mr. Siva, all others suffered critical injuries and were undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the city.
The house belonging to S. Sambasiva Rao was being used by his son S .Rajendra Prasad’s family, which is into catering business.
The family members were cooking, when boulders came crashing on the house. MLA Gadde Rammohan, who visited the spot, promised that he would take steps to set up iron mesh around the hill on lines of Indrakeeladri. CPI (M) city secretary Donepudi Kasinath demanded that the government announced ex gratia for the injured.
While Mayor Koneru Sridhar claimed that it was first mishap in Mogalrajpuram hill, former Mayor Tadi Sakuntala said a landslip took place at Nimmathota 6{+t}{+h}division. Four houses in Brahmananda Reddy Nagar at the Moghalrajpuram foothill were completely damaged in a landslide in 2012.
It may be recalled that a VMC water tank was totally damaged in 2010, damaging Bellapu Sriramulu VMC Primary School.
Youth Congress Vijayawada constituency president Devineni Avinash visited the spot.
