Heavy rains battered Tirupati on Thursday, causing hardships to the pilgrims as the landslides pressured the authorities to shut roads resulting in Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala.
The temple city used to be plunged into darkness as there used to be no electrical energy supply in the town since 3 pm after rainwater entered a sub-space. Several low-lying areas had been inundated and the heavy showers disrupted vehicular and air online page online visitors.
Roads in diverse key areas of the town became into cesspools resulting from incessant rains under the impact of the northeast monsoon, which is moving in Chittoor and Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and adjoining coastal districts of Tamil Nadu.
Vehicular online page online visitors got right here to a quit in progressively busy areas esteem Gandhi Aspect freeway, Tilak Aspect freeway, AIR Bypass Aspect freeway, Lakshmipuram, Leela Mahal and West Church Railway Below Bridge. Some residential colonies had been moreover flooded, causing severe hardships to the residents.
Alipiri footpath to Tirumala temple used to be flooded with water gushing down from the hills. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the famous temple, had already supplied the closure of Alipiri and Srivarimettlu for two days in look of heavy rains forecast.
Rains moreover affected the Vaikuntam Queue Advanced at Tirumala. Water entered into the cellar of the complex. The condominium of TTD Extra Executive Dharma Reddy’s condominium used to be moreover inundated.
Renigunta Airport used to be moreover inundated, forcing the authorities to divert the flights. Hyderabad-Tirupati Indigo flight used to be diverted to Bengaluru. The Hyderabad-Tirupati Air India and SpiceJet flights needed to arrive to Hyderabad.
Diversified parts of the Chittoor district moreover got heavy rainfall. Rivulets, streams, reservoirs and lakes had been overflowing in the district.
Authorities have confidence declared a vacation for all academic institutions in the Chittoor district on Friday.
Within the meantime, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the authorities to stay vigilant and use essential measures in the wake of heavy rains.
All the map by map of a video convention with the district collectors of Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa district on the topic rising from heavy rains, the Chief Minister directed the officials to accentuate the relief measures and use appropriate circulation by monitoring the topic at reservoirs, ponds and water bodies continuously.
