Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A tribal woman drowned in the Vattivagu stream when water was released from the Vattivagu irrigation project at Chirrakunta village in Asifabad Mandal on Saturday.
Police said Tekam Bhembai (55) from Erragutta village was swept away while crossing the Vattivagu stream which swelled due to the discharge of surplus water from the project. She and her husband were returning from Asifabad and were on their way to Erragutta at the time of the incident.
Her husband Bheemu tried to rescue her by raising an alarm, but she died by the time she was pulled out of the water.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
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