Top storyTemperatures have risen again in Vizianagaram district after Cyclone Arnab, with 36 to 38 degrees recorded across the district. Heat is intense from 8 am to 4 pm, causing difficulty for residents, and main junctions and roads turn deserted at midday. Agricultural labourers are working only from 7 am to 11 am. With no rain since the cyclone and a major breach in the Thotapalli left main canal at Oni village, tail-end farmers are not receiving irrigation water.
Competitive exam aspirants in the combined Vizianagaram district are relying on public libraries for study material. The central library has 41 branches, with around 52,000 books at the main centre, all digitised, and up to 25 available at branch offices. P. Santhosh Kumar of VT Agraharam said he recently secured three jobs after studying there. P. Venkatalakshmi credited group discussions and current affairs books for her DSC post. On Monday, MLA Aditi Gajapathi Raju gave books and pens to 598 students in Gajularega schools.
Saripalli Nagaraju of Vizianagaram district, born into an ordinary farming family, has risen to become a government degree lecturer. Inspired by his elder brother, he studied a five-year integrated Telugu Pandit course at Sri Gorentla Venkanna College in Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district. He secured third rank at state level in the Language Pandit SET and completed MA and PhD at the central university in Hyderabad. He said he obtained three jobs in the 2025 DSC. He now serves as Telugu lecturer and in-charge principal at the government degree college in Rayadurgam, Anantapur district.
