Overview

• NDRF teams, led by Additional Collector P Srinivas Reddy with police and revenue officials, used mechanised boats to rescue five cowherds stranded in the Munneru stream at China Mandava village
• The rescued herdsmen—Gundla Shalaiah, Monditoka Pullaiah, Gundla Venkateshwarlu, D Sreenu and Kukkala Gopi—were brought ashore after water levels rose suddenly while they tended cattle
• Kinnerasani dam at Paloncha has reached 403.7 feet under heavy inflows and project authorities have cautioned riverside communities about potential controlled releases
• Godavari River at Bhadrachalam climbed to 20.40 feet with a discharge of 1.87 lakh cusecs, prompting river monitoring officials to maintain heightened surveillance
• Transportation links to several villages in Khammam and Kothagudem districts remain suspended as overflowing streams sever rural roads