Death Toll In Andhra Floods Rises To 32; Central Team To Visit Affected Places On Sept 5

Vijayawada: The death toll contained in the unparalleled torrential downpours and floods in Andhra Pradesh rose to 32 and the collection of evacuees in relief camps increased to Forty five,369, officials said on Wednesday. NTR district, which houses Vijayawada, some of the most affected, accounted for 24 deaths; Guntur (seven) and Palnadu (one), said an official free up.

An inter-ministerial team from the Central government will discuss with the flood-ravaged districts of Krishna, NTR and Guntur on Thursday and must have interaction with the victims.

“The Central team will encompass National Disaster Management Authority adviser KP Singh, Central Water Commission director Siddarth Mitra’, said a free up. Meanwhile, a fresh weather system is developing over the Bay of Bengal sea.

“A fresh low pressure area is more likely to form over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal around September 5,” said the discharge.

In line with the India Meteorological Department, light to moderate rainfall may maybe maybe be very likely at many places of north coastal Andhra Pradesh from September 4 to eight, and likewise over South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) from Wednesday to Friday.

On Thursday, it predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in Eluru and Alluri Sitarama Raju district, and heavy rainfall at one or two places in East Godavari, Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Parvatipuram Manyam districts.

On Wednesday, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with bankers and insurance company representatives to request them to settle insurance claims on damaged vehicles and others in 10 days, and likewise get to the bottom of them in a fortnight. Likewise, he requested the banks to reschedule flood victims’ loans as tons of them lost the general lot and are on the cusp of restarting their lives.

“I've got convened this meeting so as to instill a sense of assurance to people by the federal government, banks and insurance firms,” said Naidu in a free up. Further, he said that the southern state will discuss with the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to extend maximum help.

The CM requested bankers no longer to place pressure on flood victims’ EMIs over appliance purchases and others, specifically at a time when thousands of homes and vehicles were submerged. Naidu visited the flood-affected areas on Wednesday as well.

Several places in Vijayawada such as Ajit Singh Nagar, Devi Nagar and others continue to be waterlogged. Budameru, the rivulet which wreaked havoc on the city continues to gush with floodwaters. On Wednesday afternoon, a couple of flood-affected people were seen carrying water bottles and food packets along the railway tracks in and around Vijayawada, at the identical time as some tracks were inundated.

The length of roads damaged resulting from floods stretched to Three,973 km by Eight pm on Wednesday, while crops were damaged in 1.7 lakh hectares of agricultural fields and 18,631 horticultural fields. Nearly 2.35 lakh farmers suffered losses across the state.

Flood waters discharged from Prakasam Barrage amounted to Three.sixteen lakh cusecs by 6 PM on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan donated Rs 5 crore for flood relief. Out of this amount, four hundred panchayats will receive Rs 1 lakh each and every for carrying out flood relief.

“I'll ensure that that these funds in an instant go into the accounts of those panchayats, which may maybe be used for convalescing from the floods,” said Kalyan in an official free up.

Besides the Deputy CM, a couple of alternative individuals and entities donated funds, including a bunch of presidency officers’ associations coming forward to donate someday’s salary. CM Naidu has already appealed to the public to come back forward and donate to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.