How Gattumeedapalle in Andhra Pradesh turned into a ghost village
Gattumeedapalle, a village in Andhra Pradesh, has become a ghost town after decades of agricultural decline caused by failed monsoons and unsuccessful borewell drilling. Once a prosperous groundnut-growing hub, the village is now completely abandoned by its former residents.
Why it matters
It serves as a poignant case study of rural collapse driven by climate change and water scarcity in India.
Seven hairpin bends above Kosuvaripalle panchayat of Tamballapalle mandal of Annamayya district, the tar road comes to an abrupt end. At the top of a 200-foot hillock is Gattumeedapalle village. It exists on paper, with streetlights that still burn every evening till dawn, a village temple, and an elementary school.
The article provides a factual, descriptive account of a socio-economic phenomenon without political bias.
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