Passengers stranded in Andhra Pradesh as floods affect transport

Hundreds of passengers who had planned to proceed towards Bangalore got stranded in the state capital as services of Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation buses and trains were cancelled following overflowing of bridges between Hyderabad-Kurnool following the unprecedented floods.

Over 300 buses including state-owned RTC buses were cancelled today on Hyderabad-Kurnool and Hyderabad- Mantralayam routes, official sources said.

Hundreds of IT sector employees from Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh working in Bangalore who had come down for weekend holidays, were forced to stay back in view of cancellation of buses and train services.

The South Central Railway (SCR) has also cancelled 18 trains and diverted 29 other trains for today due to overflowing of water on two bridges between Guntkal and Wadi (near Mantralayam and Raichur) on Guntkal division and Tungabhadra bridge between Alampur and Kurnool town in Hyderabad division.