VISAKHAPATNAM: Agency areas, which bore the brunt of continuous rain for three days, are limping back to normalcy as rains have subsided in most parts of the district. However, roads, which were battered by rains will have to be restored. Repairs will be taken up to restore them immediately, official sources said. As rains subsided agriculture operations gained pace across the district. Farmers took up transplantation of paddy seedlings. Meanwhile, authorities are searching for a man who was feared drowned in Matsyagedda stream in G. Munchingput panchayat in Paderu division on Thursday evening.