-Outlook Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today assured that the state government will provide all possible help to flood affected farmers. Reddy arrived at the Gannavaram airport this morning as part of his aerial survey in flood affected districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh. Both regular and tenant farmers will be paid compensation for the loss of their crops, Reddy assured. He said that he will discuss with the Food Corporation of...
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Death toll from Andhra Pradesh rain reaches 29; situation 'severe' says Chief Minister Reported -Sam Daniel Stalin and Amit Chaturvedi
-NDTV Hyderabad: The rains triggered by Cyclone Nilam which crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Chennai on October 31 have battered the state, claiming 29 lives. Normal life has been thrown out of gear in the region and hundreds of villages remained inundated. In East and West Godavari districts, famous as the rice bowl of the state, standing paddy and cotton crops over lakhs of acres were damaged. Officials said they were making...
More »Flash floods displace hundreds in Odisha
-IANS Bhubaneswar: Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have killed one person, displaced hundreds of people and damaged paddy crops in Odisha, an official said on Tuesday. Although Cyclone Nilam in the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression, it triggered heavy rains across the state during last five days, Revenue and Disaster Management Department Minister Surya Narayan Patro, told IANS. The five districts affected by the flash floods are Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack,...
More »24 dead, more rain; we weren't warned, says Andhra Pradesh govt-Uma Sudhir and Shamik Ghosh
-NDTV Hyderabad: The already-flooded regions of coastal Andhra Pradesh - districts like Vizianagaram and Srikakulam - will continue to be beaten by heavy rain over the next 24 hours, says the MeT department. More than 20 people have died in the last five days, the savage after-effect of Cyclone Nilam that hit last Wednesday. Initially, the Andhra Pradesh government had said Cyclone Nilam was in fact good news for the state because...
More »Heavy rain damages crop on 80,000 acres in Srikakulam dt.
-The Hindu Cyclone ‘Nilam' caused unprecedented damage to Srikakulam district which is still under grip of fear with the heavy inflows to Vamsadhara and Nagavali rivers. Bahuda and Mahendra Tanaya rivers are also in full spate with heavy rains in the catchment area of Odisha. Almost 80, 000 acres of crop got damaged and 43 villages were inundated in the district. The officials of all the mandals have been alerted to...
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