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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said helium would speech to Prime Minister Narendra Modi astir compensating the immense nonaccomplishment inflicted by Cyclone Monthaanddirected the officials to springiness precedence to protecting the submerged crops by draining retired the stagnant h2o connected a war-footing with the assistance of outer imagery.
Speaking to officials connected the cyclone alleviation and rehabilitation measures, done a tele-conference connected Friday, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said helium told the people’s representatives to sojourn the cultivation fields to measure the damage, and that a due coordination betwixt them and officials was needed to afloat enactment each those affected by the cyclone, particularly the farmers whose kharif crops were destroyed connected a ample scale.
He suggested that the proposal of scientists beryllium taken for protecting the crops.
Officials told Mr. Naidu that 60% of the cultivation fields successful the Bapatla portion were inactive nether h2o and efforts were nether mode to drain the h2o out.
The Chief Minister enquired astir the flood travel successful the Krishna stream and said 100 officials who excelled successful the implementation of Montha cyclone alleviation works should beryllium felicitated.
REPORT TO CENTRE
Meanwhile, the State authorities submitted a preliminary study connected the harm caused by Montha to the Centre with a petition to widen fiscal assistance immediately. As per the report, 17 departments incurred a nonaccomplishment of ₹5,244 crore owed to the cyclone and it is apt to spell up arsenic elaborate estimates are worked out.
The State authorities furnished details of the cyclone alleviation measures taken successful the affected districts, including the deputation of peculiar officers to 19 districts. The study said the cyclone interaction was much successful Prakasam, Nellore, Bapatla and Nandyal districts.
A full of 1,434 villages, 48 towns and 249 mandals were affected. About 4,794 kilometres of R&B roads and 311 culverts and bridges were damaged. Nearly 863 km of Panchayat Raj roads were damaged successful 18 districts. Further, the study mentioned that crops successful 1.38 lakh hectares were destroyed and it was estimated that 2.96 lakh metric tons of crops were damaged.
About 1.74 lakh farmers were affected. As acold arsenic the Energy Department is concerned, 2,817 electrical poles fell down, and 26,575 organisation transformers were damaged. Power lines measuring 429 km were chopped off. The authorities had acceptable up 1,464 alleviation camps successful which 1,36,907 radical took shelter.
