Andhra Pradesh: Three people washed away in rising flood water in Nellore

Two women and a man were washed away in the Tippavarappadu stream in Gudur Mandal on Sunday night. A report in Deccan Chronicle states that a fourth person caught a tree branch and was rescued on Monday morning.

The three people who were washed away were identified as A. Suneetha, 26, of Anantamadugu, Mangapudi Ramanamma, 30, of SC Colony and Sriramsety Sekhar, 27. They were all from Saidapuram. , Lebaka Venkateswarlu, 30, managed to escape the tragedy.

The report quotes Gudur Rural Sub Inspector Jaganmohan as saying that all four of the people took an autorickshaw to go to Tippavarappadu junction. From there they started to walk to Saidapuram as they couldn’t find transport. After crossing the Tippavarappadu stream, they couldn’t go further because another stream was overflowing on the road. The waters in the Tippavarappadu stream also increased suddenly and since it was dark they were not able to judge the water levels. Thus, they got washed away states the report. Officials are still looking for them.