Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy and Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, requesting the modernisation of flood walls in Vidavalur and Indukurpeta mandals to protect paddy fields in the SPSR Nellore district from seasonal floods in the Penna river.
With the frequent floods breaching the banks of the Penna River, affected farmers have been raising a hue and cry, demanding a lasting solution.
The leaders presented the need to fortify the existing walls and to form new bunds wherever necessary to prevent the raging river from gushing into the adjoining fields during the monsoon season, thereby eliminating the possibility of flooding and preventing avoidable damage to the crops.
It may be recalled that the release of excess water from the Somasila reservoir into the Penna River in November 2021 resulted in the flooding of several villages in the Kovur constituency, pushing Buchireddypalem, Vidavalur, Kovur, and Indukurpeta mandals in knee-deep water and bringing life to a standstill for several days.
Recalling the nightmare suffered in her constituency in the past, Ms. Prashanthi Reddy stressed the urgent need to ‘floodproof’ the vicinity of the river.
