Amaravati, Oct 30
A major disaster was averted at the Sangam Barrage across Penna River in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district on Thursday as a 35-tonne boat, stuck in the barrage, was pulled out by the NDRF teams.
Thirty personnel each of NDRF and SDRF, 100 policemen, Krishnapatnam Port Patrol staff, and Fire and Irrigation officials participated in the operation.
The Sangam Barrage, which has 85 gates, irrigates 3.85 lakh acres of fallow land in Nellore district. Officials said if it were damaged, the water would have been wasted and farmers would have suffered losses in the coming season