Pics: Heavy rain throws life out of gear in Andhra

The incessant rains have left several parts of Kobbarithota, Prasad Garden, Poorna Market, Velampeta, Railway New colony and old town area waterlogged. Visakhapatnam district received 52.9 mm of rainfall against the normal of 5.8 mm, Bheemunipatnam got 122.2 mm rains, Visakhapatnam city 101.4 mm and Anakapalli 86.4 mm in the last 24 hours, sources said. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Commissioner M V Satyanarayana in a statement said that the loss to various properties of the civic body owing to rains during the last four days has been estimated at around Rs 15 crores, of which road damage alone accounts for Rs 8-9 crores.