Two more bodies retrieved from Godavari River

The Kukunoor constabulary connected Saturday (March 21, 2026) retrieved the bodies of 2 different youth, who drowned successful the Godavari River successful Eluru district.

The Eluru District Response Force (EDRF) and the SDRF retrieved the bodies of G. Tejagna and P. Satish Kumar, from the waters. They were natives of Madanapalli and Vuyyuru respectively, said Eluru territory Superintendent of Police K. Pratap Shiv Kishore.

Seven students went for a bath successful Godavari connected Friday (March 20), of them 5 drowned and the NDRF and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) retrieved 3 bodies aft a fewer hours connected Friday (March 20) itself, but 2 were missing and they were traced connected Saturday (March 21) said Polavaram Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) M. Venkateswara Rao, who monitored the operation.

“Two youth, C.H. Deepak of Kalidindi and G. Harshavardhan of Vizianagaram, who escaped the mishap, had alerted the locals and the police”, Mr. Venkateswara Rao told The Hindu on Saturday (March 21).

The Kukunoor constabulary registered a lawsuit and the bodies were sent to Bhadrachalam Government Hospital for postmortem, the DSP said.