Road traffic restored across Chittoor district, long-distance trains hit
The Hindu
APSRTC’s Tirupati region has suffered a huge loss of ₹60 lakh each for three days when the swollen waterbodies had brought life to a standstill last week.
Following the heavy flooding that caused palpable damage to the arterial roads crisscrossing Chittoor district, the speedy repair works have ensured restoration of traffic in most routes.
Traffic remained disrupted on the Tirupati-Chittoor route via Pachikapalam and Devalampeta in view of the road closure due to flooding of Rayalacheruvu tank. However, the highway route connecting the temple city to the district headquarters city is intact. Similarly, traffic remains disrupted on the Pakala-Punganur route via Sodam and Somala, as the bridge across Gargeya river turned creaky. The overflowing Swarnamukhi river has also caused disruption in rural traffic in Yerpedu and Srikalahasti mandals.
APSRTC’s Tirupati region (Chittoor district) has suffered a huge loss of ₹60 lakh each for three days when the swollen water bodies had brought life to a standstill last week. “Though long-distance services from Tirupati towards Chennai, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Bengaluru, Nellore and Kadapa have been restored, the intra-district routes, especially those covering villages remain disrupted or diverted”, APSRTC Regional Manager T. Chengal Reddy told The Hindu.