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Venkaiah adopts cyclone-hit Chepala Uppada village
Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced adoption of cyclone-hit coastal village Chepala Uppada in Visakhapatnam district.
- Swarna Bharat Trust of Nellore chips in as patron to help rebuild the village
- Union Minister donates one month salary of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 25 lakh from MPLADS funds for the village
- He spends Diwali in Hudhud-hit Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam: Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced adoption of cyclone-hit coastal village Chepala Uppada in Visakhapatnam district. The Swarna Bharat Trust of Nellore chipped in as patron to support Venkaiah Naidu to build houses in the place of those damaged by cyclone Hudhud.
The Union Minister, who spent Diwali festival in the city, went round the coastal belt up to Bheemunipatnam to get a first-hand view of the damage done to coastal villages, shrimp hatcheries and infrastructure.
Venkaiah Naidu announced that he, along with Swarna Bharat Trust of Nellore and a few other philanthropic friends adoption of Chepala Uppada village and its hamlets on the Bhimili beach road for development and reconstruction.
He was accompanied by Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas, MP K Haribabu and trustee of Swarna Bharat Trust Atluri Ashok and assured the villagers that he would extend all help to build the houses which were damaged in the cyclone. He also promised that he would develop community facilities and ensure that the village gets potable water.
The Minister announced donation of his one month salary of Rs 1 lakh as his personal contribution for relief and Rs 25 lakh from his MPLADS funds for rehabilitation. Another Trustee of Swarna Bharat Trust Deepa Venkat informed him that the trust would contribute Rs 10 lakh for rehabilitation of the village. The Union Minister called upon Central Government undertakings to fully support the sanitation campaign through their CSR fund and also to adopt one village each for rehabilitation.
