Andhra Pradesh appoints special officers to oversee cyclone ‘Montha’ relief operations

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Andhra Pradesh authorities has appointed Special Officers for each districts to show and supervise alleviation and rehabilitation operations successful presumption of the approaching terrible cyclonic tempest “Montha”. They are entrusted with coordinating and supervising alleviation operations, assisting District Collectors, and ensuring the implementation of each measures related to rescue, relief, and rehabilitation. 

The government, successful a GO 1982 issued connected October 25, said that the appointed Special Officers person been directed to proceed instantly to their respective districts and found Cyclone Control Rooms successful coordination with the acrophobic District Collectors. They are liable for coordinating alleviation operations undertaken by assorted departments and ensuring that rescue and alleviation scope each affected person, with peculiar accent connected achieving last-mile delivery.

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The officers shall proceed to relation arsenic Cyclone Relief Officers until the completion of alleviation operations, enumeration of losses, organisation of compensation to affected families, and afloat restoration of normalcy successful their respective districts.

For effectual zonal coordination, Ajay Jain has been appointed arsenic Zonal In-charge Officer for the  districts from Srikakulam to  Konaseema, and R.P. Sisodia arsenic Zonal In-charge Officer for the  districts spreading West Godavari to Chittoor. 

The district-wise appointments are: for Srikakulam, K.V.N. Chakradhara Babu is appointed arsenic the Special Officer; for Vizianagaram, Pattanshetti Ravi Subash; for Manyam, Narayana Bharath Gupta. For Visakhapatnam, Ajay Jain. For Anakapalli and ASR Vadarevu Vinay Chand; for East Godavari, K. Kanna Babu;  for Kakinada, V.R. Krishna Teja; Konaseema-- Vijaya Rama Raju;  West Godavari-- V. Prasanna Venkatesh;  Eluru-- Kantilal Dande;  for Krishna, Amrapali Kata; for NTR district, Shashi Bhushan Kumar;  Guntur-- R.P. Sisodia; for Bapatla, M. Venu Gopal Reddy; for Prakasam, Kona Sasidhar; for Nellore, N. Yuvaraj; for Tirupati P. Arun Babu;and for Chittoor, P.S. Girisha.

The bid notes that a slump presently lies implicit the Southeast Bay of Bengal, astir 950 kilometres east-southeast of Chennai and 990 kilometres southeast of Kakinada. It is expected to intensify into a heavy slump by October 26 implicit the Central Bay of Bengal and further fortify into a terrible cyclonic tempest named “Montha” by the greeting of October 28. The tempest is apt to transverse the Andhra Pradesh seashore betwixt Machilipatnam and Kakinada during the evening oregon nighttime of October 28.

Published - October 26, 2025 08:45 americium IST

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