6 months ago
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VIJAYAWADA
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to instrumentality indispensable preventive measures based connected lessons learned from erstwhile cyclones, arsenic cyclone Montha advances toward the Andhra Pradesh coast. Reviewing the concern done the RTGS Command Centre, the Chief Minister stressed connected the request for utmost vigilance successful each susceptible districts.
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Ministers Nara Lokesh, V. Anitha, P. Narayana, Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand, and elder officials from assorted departments participated successful the reappraisal meeting. Officials informed the Chief Minister that the cyclone is moving person to land and has already begun to interaction coastal districts.
Heavy rains accompanied by beardown winds were reported successful Kakinada, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, and different regions.
The Chief Minister directed that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams beryllium deployed successful Kakinada and surrounding areas wherever landfall is expected. He besides instructed authorities to forecast upwind and rainfall strength successful beforehand and instrumentality due precautionary measures.
Officials briefed that heavy rains are apt to lash Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, and Nellore districts. The Chief Secretary assured that each territory Collectors successful the affected areas person been placed connected afloat alert to guarantee effectual catastrophe absorption and nationalist safety.
