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Cyclone Montha, which crossed the Andhra Pradesh seashore station Tuesday midnight, claimed 2 lives, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said, adding that much than 1.8 lakh radical were evacuated to 2,200 alleviation camps to minimise the nonaccomplishment of life.
Mr. Naidu took banal of the cyclone interaction successful Odalarevu of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, Bapatla and Machilipatnam during an aerial survey connected Wednesday.
“Our strategy of evacuating radical from the susceptible areas helped cheque nonaccomplishment of beingness and property. Past experiences of dealing with earthy calamities and exertion helped america plan a robust preparedness plan,” Mr. Naidu told the media astatine a alleviation campy astatine Odalarevu.
Pointing retired that Prakasam and Nellore districts bore the brunt of dense rains, the Chief Minister said that harm to crops and assets has been reported successful each coastal district. The nonaccomplishment is being enumerated.
Referring to compensation to the cyclone victims, Mr. Naidu said that the fisherfolk who failed to undertake sportfishing activities and handloom weavers would beryllium fixed 50 kgs of rice, isolated from indispensable commodities. They volition besides beryllium paid ₹3,000 per family. The different affected radical volition get 25 kgs of rice.
Later successful the day, the Chief Minister inspected damaged paddy and horticultural crops successful Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district.
