Three persons were arrested after the Pathapatnam police seized red sandalwood weighing around 200 kgs from a vehicle near Kosamala village. The accused have been identified as Srinivas Rao, Sheik Salim and Ketan Pani. Four logs of 'A' grade red sandalwood weighing almost 200 kgs were being smuggled in a vehicle which was passing from Lavanyakota area in AOB region, police said.

Andhra Pradesh minister Botcha Satyanarayana said that Amaravati is unsafe to be the capital as it's prone to frequent flooding. He said the Krishna river flooding in Amaravati proved that former CM N Chandrababu Naidu chose a wrong place for the capital. "We need to construct check dams, canals, and flood channels...the cost of constructions will be huge," he added.

The Andhra Pradesh government has issued notifications for Rs. 4,900 crore worth of tenders for projects linked to the multi-crore Polavaram irrigation scheme, despite a letter from the centre advising against it and expressing concern over increased costs and delays to the project. The notifications have been issued for a hydel project worth Rs. 3,100 crore and a headworks project worth Rs. 1,800 crore.