Hyderabad, Sep 2 (PTI) A minimum of 16 folks misplaced their lives in numerous rain-related incidents as torrential rains lashed Telangana and the state authorities on Monday put the harm at Rs 5,000 crore as per preliminary estimates and sought a direct help of Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre.
The incessant rainfall brought on inundation of low-lying areas, harm to agricultural crops and disruption of the state’s rail and street hyperlinks with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh every to the kin of those that had been killed within the rain-related incidents, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to go to the rain-hit areas and to declare the floods as a nationwide calamity.
An official launch quoted Revanth Reddy as saying that the harm was to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore as per preliminary estimates.
The CM held a gathering with ministers and officers at Suryapet as a part of his go to to rain-hit areas.
State IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu advised reporters that full particulars on the lack of life and others can be recognized after reviews on harm are obtained.
The state authorities will submit a complete report on the flood harm to the Centre, the discharge mentioned.
In the meantime, the flood-hit areas of Khammam offered a scene of in depth harm as home items had been washed away and a few objects carried away by water had been caught to the gates of homes.
Residents of flood-affected areas narrated their woes to state Income Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who visited them.
In view of the forecast of rains in Adilabad, Nizamabad and Nirmal districts on Monday and Tuesday, the Chief Minister, who held a gathering with officers in Hyderabad earlier within the day, directed the Collectors and different officers of those districts to be alert and to shift the folks in low-lying areas to reduction camps if essential.
He steered establishing management rooms in district Collectorates to watch the scenario.
Officers knowledgeable the CM that crops in over 1.5 lakh acres suffered harm as per preliminary estimates.
Revanth Reddy instructed officers to enumerate the crop harm in order that ex-gratia might be introduced expeditiously.
The Chief Minister directed that homes beneath the ‘Indiramma’ housing scheme for the poor be sanctioned for these whose homes collapsed as a result of heavy rains.
He additionally directed that points associated to visitors, provide of energy and water and likewise sanitation be addressed within the Higher Hyderabad Municipal Company with none delay.
An official of the Secunderabad-headquartered South Central Railway (SCR) mentioned on account of heavy rains and waterlogging over the tracks at a number of areas on the SCR community, as many as 432 trains had been cancelled and 13 trains had been partially cancelled. He mentioned 139 trains had been diverted until Monday afternoon.
A portion of gravel beneath the railway monitor close to Kesamudram was earlier washed away on account of floodwaters.
Restoration works had been underway, he mentioned.
SCR Common Supervisor Arun Kumar Jain and different Railway officers reached the positioning and had been monitoring the restoration work.
The SCR official mentioned prepare companies are anticipated to renew on the Kazipet-Vijayawada part by the night of September 3.
Nonetheless, the restoration work might get delayed if rainfall and flood scenario continues, he added.
Because of incessant rains in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, flooding and breaches had been reported in Kazipet-Vijayawada part and 5 trains had been stranded.
Over 7,500 passengers from these trains had been dropped at the closest Railway stations in state-run RTC buses on Sunday night and particular trains had been organized to take them to their respective locations, he added.
Numerous lorries had been stranded on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Nationwide Freeway close to Kodada as water was flowing on the street. The officers urged these travelling to Vijayawada to make use of the Narkatpalli-Addanki freeway instead.
In the meantime, within the affected areas in Khammam, following floods in rivulet Munneru, home items had been washed away and a few objects carried away by waters caught to the gates of homes. As water ranges receded, the anguished victims started cleansing their properties and eradicating the slush.
Some residents mentioned their valuables, together with paperwork and tutorial certificates, had been washed away. Some complained that they’d no consuming water and meals and that they didn’t get any assist.
The Agriculture Minister advised reporters that staff and likewise autos like tractors within the district are being deployed in Khammam to wash the roads and to revive electrical energy.
The district administration has been directed to distribute important objects to these affected by the floods, he mentioned.
The Met Centre right here mentioned heavy rain may be very more likely to happen at remoted locations in Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy districts until 8.30 am on September 3.
It additionally mentioned thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) are very more likely to happen at remoted locations in lots of districts of Telangana throughout this era. It issued a yellow alert for this forecast.
Prime Minister Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah spoke to Revanth Reddy on Sunday and promised to assist the state on behalf of the Centre.
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