Coastal poised severe threat from 'Murasu'
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Severe Cyclonic Storm Marasu threatens Nellore district, prompting coastal safety measures, beach closures, fishermen warnings, evacuation preparations and NDRF-SDRF deployment amid heavy rains and rising water levels.
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Coastal poised severe threat from 'Murasu'
Nellore: The coastal district of nellore reeled under the impact of which intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday, bringing with it torrential rains that disrupted normal life across the region.
As many as 13 coastal mandals like, Kavali, Bogolu, Alluru, Kodavaluru, Vidavaluru, Indukurupet, T.Gudur, Muthukur, Kodur, Chillakur, Chittamuru, Kota, Vakadu likely facing serisious threat.
As a part of precautionary measures the administration proposed to close the beaches Koduru, Mypadu, Chennarayuni Palem preventing etc the entry of tourists as the sea appears ferocious.
According to the official sources presently there was 19.746 tmcft of water witnessing in the Somasila Reservoir against it's Full Reservoir Level(FRL) 78.988 tmcfts. Officials are expecting more inflows to Somasila following heavy rains occurred in upper land of Rayalaseema districts.
District Collector Himanshu Shukla in a press note here on Monday appealed the fishermen not to venture in to the sea as in case they are already in venturing immediately rush back to their destinations.
He ordered all the MRO' MDO' VRO', other revenue staff and police working the coastal mandals not to leave the head quarters up to further orders issued.
Following directions of the government the administration prepared to shift people living near by sea shores safer places forcibly in case 'Marasu' turned in to severe cyclone.
Officials said around 1,300 linked irrigation tanks, locally known as'GolusukattuCheruvulu’ and constructed about 300 years ago during British rule, are now in spate, posing a severe threat of inundation to nearby villages.
Remembering the past experiance of Montha cyclone of which one person washed away in the water while crossing the stream in Marripadu mandsl police administration planning to deploy the cops at streams preventing people and cattle from crossing swollen streams.
The Collector said one NDRF team in Nellore and one SDRF team in Kavali are on standby for rescue operations.
Sea turned ferocious in Mypadu village of Indukurupet mandal in nellore district.
