Monday, 6 May 2019

Rs 58.6-cr damage in AP as Cyclone Fani ruins crops, uproots 10,000 trees

Agriculture and horticulture crops in 958 acres were destroyed in Srikakulam district and over 10,000 coconut trees uprooted
Rs 58.6-cr damage in AP as Cyclone Fani ruins crops, uproots 10,000 trees
Violent wind Fani, which hit Odisha Friday, activated substantial rains in waterfront areas of Andhra Pradesh other than evacuating 10,000 coconut trees and crushing farming and cultivation crops, authorities said Saturday.
The cyclonic fani made harm the tune of Rs 58.61 crore in AP, fundamentally in Srikakulam area flanking Odisha, even as regularity has nearly been reestablished in a little more than 24 hours, they said. All the 218 mobile phone towers that were harmed in the tempest have been reestablished Saturday morning while control supply to 659 out of 733 towns has likewise been reestablished, the State Real-Time Governance Center said in a discharge.
State Chief Secretary L V Subrahmanyam, amid a videoconference with Union Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha, said 304 houses endured harm while there were no casualties. Agriculture and agriculture crops in 958 sections of land were wrecked in Srikakulam area and more than 10,000 coconut trees evacuated. In bordering Vizianagaram area, banana plantations in 229 sections of land were harmed.
“Upwards of 274,000 individuals in 145 beach front towns in Srikakulam area were influenced by Fani however there has been no casualty.We have opened 139 help camps in the region where 15,460 people were being sheltered. In Vizianagaram, 2,000 individuals were moved to 15 alleviation camps,” the Chief Secretary said Subrahmanyam said rebuilding works identified with provincial drinking water supply, streets and structures and city divisions were being done on a war-balance to reestablish total regularity….

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