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Twenty dead in unseasonal rain havoc in TS & AP
Twenty dead in unseasonal rain havoc in TS & AP The unseasonal torrential rains coupled with hailstorms have claimed in all 20 lives - six more lives in Anantapur and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh and nearly ten in Telengana state. Four were killed in AP on Sunday in rain affected regions.
HYDERABAD: The unseasonal torrential rains coupled with hailstorms have claimed in all 20 lives - six more lives in Anantapur and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh and nearly ten in Telengana state. Four were killed in AP on Sunday in rain affected regions.
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Unseasonal rains played havoc in Rayalaseema and parts of Telangana on Monday disrupting normal life in many towns and left hundreds of villages under darkness as Gail winds uprooted electrical poles. While six were killed in electrocutions, wall and tree collapses in AP, ten were killed in Telangana in the rains of last two days, say officials.
Giving an account of damage in Andhra Pradesh, State Agricultural Minister Prattipati Pullarao said that horticultural crops in 1594 hectares and power supply affected in 100 villages. AP has announced an ex gratia of Rs. 4 lakhs to each of the bereaved families while the Telengana CM has announced a Rs. 5 lakh compensation.
However irate Telengana farmers in Khammam Mirchi market and Miryalaguda paddy market yard organized Rasta Roko demanding purchase of drenched produce laying in open air at the market yards. Meanwhile, the Cyclone warning center at Visakhapatnam has forecast rains for another 48 hours.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who is on an official visit to China, has reviewed the situation with senior ministers and advised them to seek help from the NDRF in rescue operations.
