National Disaster Response Force personnel rescue stranded people in flood-affected Telangana.
A total of 17 teams of the central National Disaster Response Force or NDRF, comprising over 550 personnel, have been deployed by the centre in the flood-affected regions of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
The central force has also deployed about 60 boats and several teams of paramedics to help those stranded after heavy rainfall in the last few days in these three states.
In Andhra Pradesh, nine flood rescue teams comprising 309 rescuers and equipped with 32 inflatable rubber boats and communication equipment have been positioned in the various rain-affected areas of Guntur, Vizag, Srikakulam and Nellore.
In Telangana, NDRF teams are positioned at Medak, Nizamabad and Hyderabad. Godavari river is in full spate while torrential rain continued to lash several parts of the state for the fifth consecutive day today. Five districts on the banks of Godavari have been put on high alert.
Meanwhile, the Telangana cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled in view of the prevailing flood situation in the state.
In Karnataka, three teams of the force have been deployed in Bidar, Kalaburagi and Bengaluru districts. The NDRF team deployed at Kalaburagi carried out flood rescue operation and evacuated 21 marooned persons to safer places.
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