Local officials estimate Rs 125 crore losses in Vizianagaram district
Local people trying to remove a huge trunk of an uprooted tree from the road at Jeypore town on Monday which was elll down due to Cyclonic storm Hudhud last night. (Photo: PTI)
Hyderabad: The state government is expecting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce financial assistance and declare the cyclone as a national calamity.
AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had asked for the cyclone to be declared a national calamity. Government officials meanwhile are trying to prepare a preliminary report for Mr Modi.
The state government is still to receive a complete report of the loss. Local officials estimate the losses in Vizianagaram district to be at Rs 125 crore and in Srikakulam district Rs 500 crore. Visakhapatnam district officials have not come forward with an estimate so far.
As of now, over 7,000 houses are said to have been damaged, and thousands of acres of crops like paddy, maize, vegetables and coconut have been damaged.
Senior IAS officers who were appointed as in-charges in the cyclone affected districts to supervise relief work are expected to reach their respective places by Tuesday. Local district officials have also taken up relief work.
According to preliminary reports, 6,695 houses have been damaged in the four districts apart from 109 railway lines and roads. In Vizianagaram, 19 tanks and canals were breached, 395 public properties were lost, 73 drinking water sources were damaged and 181 boats were missed or damaged. Hudhud is set to move north- northwestwards and weaken into a low pressure, said officials.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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