TIRUPATI: Residents of nearly half a dozen villages in Ramakuppam mandal of Chittoor district are living in constant fear as they hear rumbling sounds from earth and are experiencing a series of mild tremors for over a fortnight.
Despite being assured by officials that there is no chance of an earthquake, villagers are not in a mood to believe their words. Several people have already left their houses.
However, the officialssaid such incidents are normal in the post-monsoon period after heavy rainfall.
They made it clear that repeated tremors felt here in the past fortnight were result of a phenomenon called ‘hydro-seismicity’.
According to reports, mild tremors first struck villages including Gurivimakula Palli, S. Gollapalli, Krishnanagar Colony, Palli Kuppam, Gadduru, and Pedda Garikapalli of Ramakuppam mandal in the late hours on November 26.
When contacted, an official from the department of mines and geology said micro tremors of this nature normally occur during the post-monsoon period.
