Penna river bund strengthening works moving at fast pace, says Kovur MLA

Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy announced that the Penna stream bund strengthening works were moving astatine a accelerated pace. In presumption of the dense rains that lashed SPSR Nellore territory implicit the past fewer days, the MLA embarked connected a sojourn to the fields abutting the river’s embankment adjacent Nidimusali colony successful Indukurpet mandal connected Friday.

She instructed the Irrigation officials to hasten the process of constructing precocious prime embankment structures alongside the stream to forestall losses to farmers during floods. The MLA besides interacted with the villagers and learnt astir the hardships faced by them during the the erstwhile floods.

Following cyclone alerts issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), she asked the authorities to support precocious vigil on the seashore successful the constituency to minimise nonaccomplishment of lives and property. She appealed to the fishermen to suspend sportfishing activities and scope the enactment immediately.

Speaking to the media, Ms. Prasanthi Reddy explained that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had sanctioned funds for impermanent repairs of the Penna stream bunds. She added that the Chief Minister had besides directed the officials to implicit the sanctioned works connected a precedence basis, successful presumption of the rising inflows from Somasila reservoir that led to a merchandise of adjacent to 1 lakh cusecs into the river.

She besides warned that the officials successful complaint of the task that they would beryllium held liable for immoderate flooding arising successful aboriginal owed to mediocre prime of work.

Grief expressed

The MLA, on with Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy and Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, visited Dagadarthi to console the bereaved household of TDP State vice-president and Andhra Pradesh Agro Industries Development Corporation Chairman Malepati Subbanaidu, who passed distant recently. The leaders offered floral tributes to the portraits of Malepati Subbanaidu and his lad Malepati Bhanu Chander.