Trying to save crop farmer washed away in Kundu floods

Udumula Sudhakar Reddy/Bandi Atmakur(Kurnool)

A farmer who went to his field to drain out rain water was washed away in the unexpected Kundu floods in Paramatur in Bandi Atmakur in Kurnool. His body was found after two days. Relatives and Police can't reach the spot as the village Paramatur is still cut off from the Bandiatmakur.

(photo: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy consoling the victims families in Kadapa affected by Kundu river)

The deceased was identified as Mr M Venkatiaha 50 a farmer. His son Mr M Srinu told ,”my father went to the filed to drain out the water. On October 3rd the flood water suddenly increased and he was washed away in it. Later after two days his body was found entangled to trees in nearby fields. It took another two days to go to body and we buried it,”Parmaturu sarpanch Mr P Thimmapur Reddy says ,”the farmer didn’t expect the water level will raise so much,”Bandi Atmakur SI of police Mr T V Chakravarthy says ,”we couldn’t reach the spot and we haven’t issued an FIR as we couldn’t take complaint,”