An eerie silence prevails along the stretch of the Godavari in the Devipatnam mandal in erstwhile East Godavari district, with thousands of tribals having abandoned their ancestral homes as the region falls under the submergence area of the Polavaram project.
Devipatnam mandal, which has now been made part of Alluri Sitaramaraju (ASR) district, is home to the Konda Reddy, Koya and Konda Kammari tribes.
By May, nearly a year has passed since the villages have been abandoned by the Polavaram-displaced families as part of the Resettlement and Rehabilitation exercise.
