Hyderabad: The unabated
rains in several districts of Andhra Pradesh over the past five days have left
a trail of destruction, claiming 54 lives and causing a damage of hundreds of
crores of rupees to crops and infrastructure.
With a
heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for the next 48 hours, officials fear the
devastation could only increase.
The number of emergency relief camps went up from 178 to 207 by Saturday evening where 78,745 persons evacuated from low-lying areas are being sheltered.
Crops in 6.78 lakh hectares, including paddy in 3.26 lakh hectares and cotton in 3.09 lakh hectares, were inundated while 1,668 cattle were killed, according to the state Disaster Management Commissioner T Radha.
5,100 km of roads and 1,020 minor irrigation tanks were damaged. In all, 4,040 villages under 472 mandals in 16 districts across the three regions of the state were affected by the floods, Radha said.As many as 15,000 houses, including 1,628 huts, were damaged rendering thousands of people homeless.
About 580 medical teams have been rushed to affected areas with 508 medical officers and 3,311 para-medical staff to attend to the injured and prevent outbreak of diseases, the Disaster Management Commissioner said. Twelve teams of National Disaster Response Force have been deployed. State Chief Secretary P K Mohanty held a video conference with district Collectors and asked them to constantly monitor the situation and step up relief operations. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed the Collectors to distribute ex-gratia to the kin of those killed in rain-related incidents in the last three days and ensure supply of essential commodities to displaced people.
The Chief Minister spoke to Revenue Minister N Raghuveera Reddy, who was touring rain-ravaged areas in Bapatla of Guntur district. The Chief Minister reviewed the situation at a meeting with some of the ministers, Chief Secretary P K Mohanty and other senior officials at his camp office here. He wanted strengthening of minor irrigation tanks to be taken up on top priority, a press release from the Chief Minister's Office said. Kiran Kumar also directed officials to enumerate the losses by constituting special teams and report to the government so that necessary assistance could be extended.
River Krishna continued to be in spate with a lot of floodwater flowing down from Nagarjuna Sagar dam. Consequently, all 70 crest gates of Prakasam Barrage at Vijayawada were lifted to discharge 4.67 lakh cusecs of flood water by this evening. Low-lying areas along the river in Vijayawada were being evacuated in view of the rise in water level, official sources said. In Srikakulam, rains left hundreds of people marooned in low-lying areas even as evacuation operations were affected by the heavy downpour.
However, water levels in Vamsadhara, Nagaavali, Mahendratanaya and Bahuda rivers have started receding, prompting officials to withdraw the 3rd warning signal, issued last night at Gotta Barrage in Hiramandalm.
Several trains on the VisakhapatnamHowrah line were cancelled while some services are being diverted due to flooding of tracks.
According to primary reports, around 1,25,000 acres of paddy fields were inundated in the flood water and at present, the water levels in the fields are two to three feet. Unconfirmed reports more than 2 lakh acres of paddy fields are submerged in flood water while around 3,000 houses fully damaged and about 1,500 houses partially damaged due to incessant rains. In West Godavari district, two persons died in rain- related incidents and crops in over 37,000 hectares were damaged.
"Crops in 36,072 hectares including paddy, tobacco, cotton and other horticulture crops in 1393.40 hectares are damaged due to rains," an official release said. District administration has shifted 548 persons from low-lying areas of Eluru, Narasapuram and Penugonda to three relief camps. "10,000 people in Rowthulapudi and Kotananduru in East Godavari district, affected by Pampa river which is in spate, were shifted to 30 relief camps," district collector Neetu Kumari said in a statement Saturday night.
The collector held a video conference with officials and directed them to closely monitor the situation and take all necessary steps including evacuating people from low-lying area to safer places. Meanwhile, areas like Bapatla, Kondabhotla Palem, Drivers Colony in Guntur were badly affected and people in Jillellamudi village remained marooned. "So far, six persons have lost their lives in the deluge whereas about 14,000 people have been shifted to 59 relief camps. As per the initial estimates, standing crops in about 1.5 lakh hectares lay submerged and as many as 1533 dwellings damaged," state Revenue Minister S Raghuveera Reddy who visited the affected areas in Guntur, said.
The number of emergency relief camps went up from 178 to 207 by Saturday evening where 78,745 persons evacuated from low-lying areas are being sheltered.
Crops in 6.78 lakh hectares, including paddy in 3.26 lakh hectares and cotton in 3.09 lakh hectares, were inundated while 1,668 cattle were killed, according to the state Disaster Management Commissioner T Radha.
5,100 km of roads and 1,020 minor irrigation tanks were damaged. In all, 4,040 villages under 472 mandals in 16 districts across the three regions of the state were affected by the floods, Radha said.As many as 15,000 houses, including 1,628 huts, were damaged rendering thousands of people homeless.
About 580 medical teams have been rushed to affected areas with 508 medical officers and 3,311 para-medical staff to attend to the injured and prevent outbreak of diseases, the Disaster Management Commissioner said. Twelve teams of National Disaster Response Force have been deployed. State Chief Secretary P K Mohanty held a video conference with district Collectors and asked them to constantly monitor the situation and step up relief operations. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed the Collectors to distribute ex-gratia to the kin of those killed in rain-related incidents in the last three days and ensure supply of essential commodities to displaced people.
The Chief Minister spoke to Revenue Minister N Raghuveera Reddy, who was touring rain-ravaged areas in Bapatla of Guntur district. The Chief Minister reviewed the situation at a meeting with some of the ministers, Chief Secretary P K Mohanty and other senior officials at his camp office here. He wanted strengthening of minor irrigation tanks to be taken up on top priority, a press release from the Chief Minister's Office said. Kiran Kumar also directed officials to enumerate the losses by constituting special teams and report to the government so that necessary assistance could be extended.
River Krishna continued to be in spate with a lot of floodwater flowing down from Nagarjuna Sagar dam. Consequently, all 70 crest gates of Prakasam Barrage at Vijayawada were lifted to discharge 4.67 lakh cusecs of flood water by this evening. Low-lying areas along the river in Vijayawada were being evacuated in view of the rise in water level, official sources said. In Srikakulam, rains left hundreds of people marooned in low-lying areas even as evacuation operations were affected by the heavy downpour.
However, water levels in Vamsadhara, Nagaavali, Mahendratanaya and Bahuda rivers have started receding, prompting officials to withdraw the 3rd warning signal, issued last night at Gotta Barrage in Hiramandalm.
Several trains on the VisakhapatnamHowrah line were cancelled while some services are being diverted due to flooding of tracks.
According to primary reports, around 1,25,000 acres of paddy fields were inundated in the flood water and at present, the water levels in the fields are two to three feet. Unconfirmed reports more than 2 lakh acres of paddy fields are submerged in flood water while around 3,000 houses fully damaged and about 1,500 houses partially damaged due to incessant rains. In West Godavari district, two persons died in rain- related incidents and crops in over 37,000 hectares were damaged.
"Crops in 36,072 hectares including paddy, tobacco, cotton and other horticulture crops in 1393.40 hectares are damaged due to rains," an official release said. District administration has shifted 548 persons from low-lying areas of Eluru, Narasapuram and Penugonda to three relief camps. "10,000 people in Rowthulapudi and Kotananduru in East Godavari district, affected by Pampa river which is in spate, were shifted to 30 relief camps," district collector Neetu Kumari said in a statement Saturday night.
The collector held a video conference with officials and directed them to closely monitor the situation and take all necessary steps including evacuating people from low-lying area to safer places. Meanwhile, areas like Bapatla, Kondabhotla Palem, Drivers Colony in Guntur were badly affected and people in Jillellamudi village remained marooned. "So far, six persons have lost their lives in the deluge whereas about 14,000 people have been shifted to 59 relief camps. As per the initial estimates, standing crops in about 1.5 lakh hectares lay submerged and as many as 1533 dwellings damaged," state Revenue Minister S Raghuveera Reddy who visited the affected areas in Guntur, said.
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