Collectors in A.P. told to open control rooms amid heavy rain forecast

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha has asked the Collectors to unfastened Control Rooms and instrumentality measures to forestall nonaccomplishment of beingness and property, amid the dense rainfall forecast.

Ms. Anitha reviewed the rainfall and flood concern with the territory Collectors connected Friday. She asked the officers to guarantee that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), occurrence services and the constabulary officials remained preapred to instrumentality up rescue and rehabilitation operations arsenic and erstwhile required.

“Fishermen should not task into the sea. People should not effort to transverse overflowing canals and rivulets. They should besides debar lasting nether trees and hoardings to support them from lightning,” the Home Minister said.

The officers were told to enactment up informing boards astatine susceptible places and interaction the Control Rooms successful lawsuit of emergency, Ms. Anitha added.