8 washed away as Annamayya project breaches
The Hindu
Most of victims were bus passengers
Eight persons were killed and 50 others are reported missing after they were washed away in gushing waters after the Annamayya project breached near Rajampeta on Friday. Most of the victims were passengers of two RTC buses caught in the floodwaters on the road down the reservoir zone.
According to information, the Annamayya project, constructed in 1978, was getting heavy inflows from the Bahuda river, after the Pincha project suffered damage near Rayachoti in the district. The project received an inflow of 3.25 lakh cusecs of floodwater, as against its capacity of 1.40 lakh cusecs.
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