Overview

• Search operations for 43-year-old T. Gangadhar of Kannapur village entered a second day on Sunday with drones and DDRF teams combing downstream areas of the Kaddam Narayana Reddy project.
• Fifteen crest gates were opened on Saturday to discharge heavy monsoon inflows into the Kaddam river before being closed as upstream water levels subsided.
• A viral video showed Gangadhar stranded on a rock and calling for help after reportedly ignoring irrigation department warnings against entering the swollen river.
• Residents said onlookers were busy filming the incident instead of alerting authorities, and alleged that delayed arrival of rescue teams may have cost the fisherman his life.
• Officials warned riverside communities along the Penganga in Adilabad district of rising waters and canceled local grievance meetings in anticipation of further heavy rains.