Police intensify patrolling along Krishna river bund amid rising flood level

The police step up vigilance in the vulnerable places and along Krishna river bund due to rising flood levels on Thursday (July 31, 2025).

An alert has been sounded in the up- and downstream areas of the river. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been positioned in low-lying areas.

Also read: Andhra Pradesh floods updates on July 31, 2025

The NTR Commissionerate and the Krishna district police, in coordination with the Irrigation and Revenue Department officials, were taking steps on flood preparedness, said the police.

Krishna district Superintendent of Police R. Gangadhar Rao has said the Avanigadda police were put on alert as the discharge from Prakasam barrage was about 2.50 lakh cusecs.

“Instructions have been given to the police to intensify patrolling in the flood-affected villages in Avanigadda, Challapalli, Mopidevi and Nagayalanka mandals,” Mr. Gangadhar Rao said.

NTR Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner of Police K.M. Maheswara Raju has said the police were monitoring the situation with the Telangana officials on discharge of flood from the upstream projects.

“The Nandigama, Jaggaiahpeta and Ibrahimpatnam police were asked to coordinate with the Mandal Revenue Officers (MROs) in the upstream of Krishna river and take precautionary measures,” Mr. Maheswara Raju told The Hindu on Thursday (July 31, 2025).

NDRF 10^th Battalion Commandant V.V.N. Prasanna Kumar said that teams would be deployed on the bathing ghats and at the Prakasam barrage to prevent any untoward incidents.

Avanigadda Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) T. Vidya Sree said that an alert has been sounded in the low-lying habitations as the flood level is rising in Krishna river. Officials were making tom-tom in the habitations, cautioning the people not to enter into the river and take cattle into island villages for grazing.

Police asked the villagers not to cross the river and the overflowing canals on country-made boats and for fishing as the inflows and discharge from the upstream were increasing.