Overview

• Six members of an extended family drowned after swimming at Medigadda barrage, where elevated inflows following heavy rains swept them under when barrage gates were opened.
• Two survivors from the group included 45-year-old Patti Venkataswami, whose sons Madhusudhan and Shiva Manoj were among the deceased.
• Teams from the police, fire services, State Disaster Response Force and Singareni Collieries Company Limited recovered the six bodies on June 8.
• In a separate June 8 incident, three Class 10 students drowned in a lake in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharamaraju district.
• Authorities cited recent rains for increased river flows and have initiated reviews of water safety protocols at popular bathing spots.