AP sanctions funds for cyclone relief
CM instructed the officials to evacuate everyone in low lying areas and ensure their needs including food and accommodation are fulfilled and added to give Rs1,000 per head or Rs 2,000 per family so that they can repair their houses damaged due to rains
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Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday held a video conference with District Collectors and SPs of the cyclone affected areas and directed the officials to be more vigilant and take all precautionary measures.
During the meeting held at the camp office at Tadepalli near here, he directed the Collectors of Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Konaseema, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts to be on high alert and said funds have been sanctioned for relief measures. He said impact of the cyclone will be felt in Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Guntur, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari, Eluru, East Godavari, Kakinada, Konaseema, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Vijayanagaram, Srikakulam, Parvathipuram, and Alluri Sitaramaraju districts and told the officials to be more vigilant in coastal areas and low lying areas.
He instructed the officials to alert people in low lying areas and evacuate them to relief camps if necessary. The officials informed the Chief Minister that they have set up relief camps at 454 locations and the Chief Minister instructed the officials to set up more camps as required.
Reddy instructed the officials to keep diesel generators, JCBs and other material required for relief measures ready and also essential commodities like rice, pulses and cooking oil are available. He said various departments should work with coordination and added that there are no casualties.
He said there is heavy rains forecast in some areas and directed the officials to take immediate relief and rehabilitation measures. He said relief camps should be properly maintained and directed the officials to visit them.
He instructed the officials to evacuate everyone in low lying areas and ensure their needs including food and accommodation are fulfilled and added to give Rs1,000 per head or Rs 2,000 per family so that they can repair their houses damaged due to rains. He said the helpline should be set up properly and awareness should be created among people on it. He instructed the officials to come up with a permanent solution to the beach road problem in Uppada.
Deputy Chief Minister (Panchayati Raj and Rural Development) Budi Mutyala Naidu, Home Minister Taneti Vanitha, R&B Minister Dadisetti Ramalingeswara Rao (Raja), Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, DGP KV Rajendranath Reddy, Disaster Management Special Chief Secretary G Sai Prasad, Agriculture Special CS Poonam Malakondaiah, Housing Special CS Ajay Jain, Transport and Medical Health Principal Secretary MT Krishnababu, Disaster Management Director BR Ambedkar and other senior officials were present.
