Cyclone Montha: Falling boulders block Paderu-Vizag ghat road, traffic halted

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Heavy boulders brought postulation   to a standstill connected  the ghat roadworthy  adjacent   Paderu successful  Alluri Sitharama Raju territory  connected  Thursday, cutting disconnected  roadworthy  connectivity to respective  interior villages.

Heavy boulders brought postulation to a standstill connected the ghat roadworthy adjacent Paderu successful Alluri Sitharama Raju territory connected Thursday, cutting disconnected roadworthy connectivity to respective interior villages. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Heavy boulders prevarication  connected  the ghat roadworthy  adjacent   Paderu successful  Alluri Sitharama Raju territory  connected  Thursday, cutting disconnected  roadworthy  connectivity to respective  interior villages.

Heavy boulders prevarication connected the ghat roadworthy adjacent Paderu successful Alluri Sitharama Raju territory connected Thursday, cutting disconnected roadworthy connectivity to respective interior villages. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

A large landslide occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday connected the Paderu–Visakhapatnam ghat road, owed to dense rains and beardown winds nether the power of Cyclone Montha, successful Alluri Sitharama Raju district.

Huge boulders and debris rolled down from a hill, blocking the roadworthy wholly betwixt Damuku – Nimmalapadu disrupting vehicular question betwixt Paderu successful ASR territory and Visakhapatnam.

The landslide was reported to the authorities during the aboriginal hours and officials instantly suspended postulation connected the ghat roadworthy by barricading the introduction and exit points to guarantee information of commuters, .

Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Paderu, M.V.S. Lokeswara Rao said that pursuing the directions from the territory Collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar, teams from the police, Revenue, and Roads & Buildings (R&B) Departments rushed to the spot and began restoration works. In different incident, boulders fell connected the roadworthy adjacent Kantamma View Point astatine Vanjangi successful Paderu.

As per the authorities, dense world movers were used, portion workers laboured to wide the debris. The authorities person besides urged the nationalist to debar travelling connected the ghat roads during the existent spell of rains unless it is perfectly necessary, fixed the continuing risks of further landslides.

Meanwhile, respective culverts and bridges successful GK Veedhi, G. madugula, Araku Valley, Ananthagiri mandals were said to beryllium successful precarious conditions arsenic floodwaters overflowed them pursuing the relentless dense rains, which disrupted roadworthy connectivity. District authorities person urged villagers to stay cautious and debar venturing adjacent susceptible areas. Meanwhile, successful respective mandals, tribals who were shifted to rehabilitation centres person begun returning to their homes, arsenic h2o levels person started to recede gradually.

Published - October 30, 2025 09:16 p.m. IST

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