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Collector G. Lakshmisha directed the officials to stay alert and instrumentality precautionary measures aft dense rainfall lashed the NTR district, including Vijayawada connected Wednesday nighttime and Thursday.
Taking banal of the situation, the Collector said that measures should beryllium taken successful accordance with the guidelines issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority.
The municipal authorities were directed to region stagnant h2o from roads, portion cultivation officials person been told to guarantee that farmers person each enactment to cheque harvest damage.
The dense rainfall near the low-lying areas adjacent the Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS), mango market, NTR Circle, Benz Circle, the Collectorate premises nether a expanse of water. Efforts are underway to drain the stagnant h2o from the large junctions.
The Collector advised the nationalist to debar taking structure nether trees oregon adjacent electrical poles during the rain. He urged the citizens to question the assistance of officials oregon attack the Command Control country by dialling 9154970454.
According to officials, the rainfall reported by assorted mandals successful 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Thursday are arsenic follows: Tiruvuru (109.6 mm), Vijayawada Rural (95.8 mm), Vijayawada East (92.8 mm), Vijayawada Central and Vijayawada West (92.4 mm), Vijayawada North (91.8 mm), Reddigudem (90.9 mm), Gampalagudem (84.2 mm), Mylavaram (69 mm), A. Konduru (66.4 mm). Other places successful the territory received rainfall little than 50 mm.
