Pics: Heavy rain throws life out of gear in Andhra

As the railway track at Golantri remained under a sheet of two-feet of water, train services between Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar were cancelled. In East Godavari district, headquarters town Kakinada remained submerged, throwing life out of gear. Incessant rains have also left Hyderabad-Secunderabad twin cities battered. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy spoke to the collectors of Srikakulam, Prakasam, Guntur and others districts late last night and directed them to give top priority to rescue operations, shifting people to safer places and organising other relief measures, official sources said here today. He directed the officials to help the farmers and take steps to strengthen bunds of tanks and other water bodies.