Floods: NDRF teams reach AP, Telangana

New Delhi, September 25

Seventeen NDRF teams comprising over 550 personnel have been deployed by the Centre in the flood-affected regions of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

The central force has also deployed about 60 boats and teams of paramedics to help those stranded after the heavy rain over the past few days in these areas.

Nine teams comprising 309 rescuers and equipped with 32 inflatable rubber boats and communication equipment have been pre-positioned in various rain-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh.

"While three teams are pre-positioned at Peduguralu, Narsarapet and Amravati areas of Guntur district, one team each is pre-positioned at Hyderabad and Vizag and two each at Srikakulam and Nellore districts," the National Disaster Response Force said in a statement.

Similarly, it said, five flood rescue teams comprising 158 rescuers and 16 boats have been deployed in various flood-prone areas of Telangana. "One team each is pre-positioned at Medak and Nizamabad and three in Hyderabad," the NDRF said.— PTI