TDP president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu continues to stay at Undavalli House constructed on the banks of river Krishna in Amaravathi.Naidu has been staying in this house since 2016, when he was CM of AP and shifted AP administration from Hyderabad to Amaravathi.
The YSRCP government termed this house as an ‘illegal structure’ and threatened to demolish the house as it was constructed encroaching the river bed.The government issued notices to Naidu asking him to vacate the house.
To create a sense of fear in Naidu, the AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy even demolished Praja Vedika recently, a convention hall constructed by Naidu when he was CM to hold government meetings, adjacent to his Undavalli house, terming it as ‘illegal structure’ built on river bed.
Despite all this, Naidu did not vacate the house and continues to stay in it. However, Krishna river is now forcing Naidu to vacate the house.The huge floods in Krishna river for the past one week has flooded the entire area of Naidu’s house in Undavalli.
The floodwater almost touched the walls and steps of Naidu’s house after officials opened 70 gates of Krishna barrage to release water downstream with huge inflows coming into the barrage following heavy rains in upstream Karnataka.Feared by heavy floods, the security officials already shifted Naidu’s convoy and other vehicles to a safer place.
If the floods do not recede in the next few hours, there is a threat of Naidu’s house completely getting inundated and washed away in floods.If that happens, Naidu will be forced to vacate his house and move to a safer place.
If that happens, it will also send a message that what YSRCP government cannot do to vacate Naidu’s house has been done by river Krishna and also send a strong message that nobody is powerful before Mother Nature.