Saturday , November 16 2024

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit flood-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh-Telangana | News India

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is scheduled to visit the flood-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are in the grip of floods these days. Let us tell you that many people have died due to this so far.

An inter-ministerial team of the central government will visit flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday and interact with the affected people. The team will visit flood-hit Krishna, NTR and Guntur districts. “The central team will include National Disaster Management Authority advisor KP Singh and Central Water Commission director Siddhartha Mitra,” officials said on Wednesday. The death toll due to torrential rains and floods in the state has risen to 32 and 45,369 people are currently taking shelter in relief camps. NTR district recorded the highest number of deaths at 24, followed by Guntur (seven) and Palanadu (one), an official release said.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Meanwhile, on the instructions of PM Narendra Modi, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will visit the flood-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana today. In fact, as Shivraj Singh Chauhan has shared a post on the social media site, I will discuss with the brothers and sisters there and will also meet officials in Vijayawada and other flood-affected areas of Telangana.

The team of Agriculture Ministry will be with you

He further wrote that a team of officials of the Union Agriculture Ministry will accompany me to visit the flood-affected areas. Our officials will meet the state government officials to assess the crop damage. The central government is keeping an eye on the situation. In this hour of crisis, the central government is fully standing with the people of the flood-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and will provide all possible help to get them out of the crisis. Let us tell you that rain has wreaked havoc in Telangana too. On Tuesday, the water level of the Godavari river reached 43 feet.