Overview

• Mancherial authorities moved 179 patients, including mothers and newborns, from the Mother and Child Healthcare Centre to safer public and private hospitals on August 28.
• Collector Kumar Deepak supervised the transfers, ordered bandobast, and directed the shifting of residents from low-lying areas while inspecting the Sripada Yellampalli project after heavy upstream inflows.
• A 28-hour, multi-agency operation near Upper Manair Dam ended Thursday with seven people brought to safety, including five airlifted by an army helicopter after drones delivered supplies.
• A shepherd, Pampukadi Nagaiah, was swept away near Narmala and remains missing as search teams continue operations.
• On Friday, MP Gaddam Vamshi Krishna reviewed the site and urged faster completion of the new Government General Hospital to enable relocating the MCH Centre.