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Andhra
rains cause havoc, toll rises to 25
Wednesday November 03, 2010 06:58:20 PM,
IANS
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Andhra
faces cyclone threat, 16 killed in rains
The threat of a cyclonic storm looms large over Andhra Pradesh
while heavy rains in the coastal region have claimed 16 lives and
damaged crops in over 100,000 hectares, officials said Tuesday.
Dozens of villages
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Hyderabad:
Heavy rains in coastal Andhra Pradesh during the last four days
have claimed 25 lives so far, with five more deaths reported
Wednesday, forcing chief minister K. Rosaiah to ask Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh for central assistance.
"At least six districts received 1,000-times excess rainfall
during last four days, causing widespread damage to houses and
crops. As many as 1,018 villages were inundated and 600,000 people
were affected by the rains," Rosaiah wrote in his letter to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram
Wednesday, requesting for relief funds.
The letter also added that 9,694 houses were destroyed while
another 87,390 houses were damaged.
Hundreds of villages and parts of some towns are still submerged
as rivers and reservoirs are overflowing, and irrigation tanks
have breached in at least six districts.
Crops sown over 230,000 hectares in 10 districts have been
damaged.
"Rains have caused extensive damage to paddy crops," minister for
agriculture Raghuveera Reddy told reporters in Vijayawada.
In Krishna district alone, crops over an area of 50,000 hectares
were damaged. The minister promised all possible assistance to the
farmers.
The death toll in north and south coastal Andhra rose to 25 with
five more deaths reported Wednesday. Visakhapatnam and East
Godavari districts accounted for 10 and seven deaths,
respectively.
Two persons were killed in Nellore, Prakasam and Anantapur
districts each, while Chittoor and West Godavari districts
accounted for one death each.
Farmers were devastated by the massive damage to the standing
crops. They were expecting a bumper crop due to adequate southwest
monsoon rains, but the downpour has destroyed thousands of acres
of paddy crop in the fertile coastal region.
Hundreds of villages still remain under water. Over 30,000 people
have been evacuated from low-lying areas and shifted to relief
camps.
Several colonies in Machlipatnam town of Krishna district are
still inundated. Breached irrigation tanks have flooded fields,
houses, roads and even railway tracks in some areas, affecting
transport services.
Even as the region is reeling under the rain fury, a cyclone
threat has added to its troubles.
The Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre has forecast that a
depression, currently over south Andaman sea, may intensify into a
cyclonic storm and move towards south Andhra Pradesh and north
Tamil Nadu coasts in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Heavy rains are predicted in the coastal Andhra districts between
Nov 5 and 7 due to this cyclonic storm. Authorities have warned
fishermen against venturing into the sea.
In Hyderabad, the chief minister reviewed the situation with his
cabinet colleagues and senior officials. He directed the district
collectors to take all necessary steps to minimise the loss of
life and property.
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