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April 29, 2025
Visakhapatnam: With just before the beginning of the summer season, water crisis has hit Andhra Pradesh with many districts have gone dry and some other districts are facing acute water shortage. As per a report by the Deccan Chronicle, over 1400 hamlets in the hilltop areas of the Parvathipuram Manyam and ASR districts are facing a serious drinking water crisis this summer.
As the water crisis came to the limelight, the district administrations of these districts said they are preparing an action plan to address the crisis and added that some of the 1200 affected villages are located in ASR district and 187 in Manyam district.
Other sensitive hamlets in ASR District where the water crisis is acute are located in Ananthagiri, Munchingput, Paderu town and nearby villages, Araku Valley and a few pockets of Hukumpeta bordering the Devarapalli mandal of Anakapalli district.
While addressing the issue, ASR district collector Dinesh Kumar said that the groundwater has receded in 400 odd hamlets and many of these villages depend on spring water sources and they often dry up in mid-summer.
