Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy began inspecting the flood-hit Khammam on Monday (September 2, 2024). He observed the swollen Palair stream at Nayakangudem village as he began the tour of the flood-affected areas in the district late in the afternoon. Ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and others accompanied him.
Prior to his journey to Khammam, the Chief Minister held a meeting on the damage caused by the rain, flood relief measures at the Integrated Command Control Centre in Hyderabad in the morning.
Compared to the other districts in the State, Khammam and its surroundings were the worst hit as flood water swept through some villages and towns. Loss of lives too were reported.
As several tanks breached, people living in the low-lying areas were stranded on the rooftops of their houses in various parts of the erstwhile composite Khammam. Munneru river too received heavy inflows which led to flood like situation in the areas near floodplains of the river. Residents of the locality demanded foolproof flood protection mechanisms and construction of a retaining wall along the Munneru river course to mitigate the flood woes on a permanent basis
