No respite from deluge even a week after rain: Residents of Palakol complain

Residents navigating through a water-logged street in Housing Board Colony in Palakol in West Godavari district on Saturday. | Photo Credit: RAJULAPUDI SRINIVAS

Days after Cyclones triggered heavy rain and left a trail of destruction in West Godavari district’s Palakol, residents on Saturday complained that several areas in the town are still submerged under knee-deep water, and their efforts to raise the issue with authorities went in vain, claiming that there has been no respite from the deluge even after a week has passed.

“The A.P. Housing Board Colony, Allu Venkata Satnarsyana Colony and the neighbouring areas were inundated. Flood entered many houses and damaged household articles,” said residents of Housing Board Colony.