Vijayawada: Jana Sena founding president, K. Pawan Kalyan, sought the help of the Union government to provide aid to the Cyclone Titli hit areas of AP. He met the AP and Telangana State Governor, E.S.L. Narasimhan, on Tuesday and submitted a detailed report about the situation in the cyclone hit areas. He said that the relief provided by the state government was insufficient and it had failed to provide proper aid. He asked the Union government to send a team to visit the cyclone-hit areas.
Mr Kalyan said that Jana Sena teams visited 48 worst-affected cyclone hit villages in 6 days and witnessed the failure of the government in providing relief and rehabilitation to victims.
He said that the area affected by the cyclone in Srikakulam was known as Uddanam, which was prone to large scale human migration in search of employment and affected by kidney diseases; hence this disaster should be treated as special case. He sought a compensation of Rs 40,000 per hectare for paddy, Rs 50,000 for cashew.
