Telangana’s KCR Tells Officials To Ramp Up Relief Efforts Amid Heavy Rain

Hyderabad:

Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday requested officers to be ready to take up rescue and aid measures in view of the forecast of rainfall within the state within the subsequent few days.

Accordingly, the Chief Secretary carried out a teleconference with senior officers and district Collectors and apprised them concerning the heavy to very heavy rainfall risk throughout the state and the have to be vigilant. He requested them to concentrate on making certain that there is no such thing as a lack of human life.

Chief Minister Rao additionally stated that the federal government is able to face any eventuality and instructed the officers to be on alert. “The state was already flooded with heavy rains for 2 weeks and the canals, water our bodies and ponds will overflow in heavy rains within the subsequent two days. In view of this improvement, the Chief Minister appealed to individuals to be on alert and undertake self-protection measures. Persons are requested to cancel their pointless journey plans,” the workplace of the Chief Minister knowledgeable on Saturday.

It additional knowledgeable that the river Godavari has been overflowing from its birthplace at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra to the Bay of Bengal and the tributaries are additionally flooding. The Chief Minister stated that it’s a testing time for the state administration to guard individuals from the pure calamity. He stated that your complete administration needs to be on alert and take up rescue operations and guarantee no lack of life happens. He stated that the federal government is able to lengthen every kind of help.

Rao stated that every one the departments concerned in emergency providers together with the opposite wings, that are helping within the heavy rains mustn’t depart their workplaces at any price. He instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to difficulty circulars on this regard instantly.

The Chief Minister held a high-level assembly over the heavy rain and flood conditions in Pragati Bhavan.

Rao instructed Chief Secretary to maintain prepared two choppers along with the one stored already within the state capital. One chopper shall be stored in Mulugu and the opposite one in Kothagudem. He stated that well being camps shall be carried out in Khamam and Kothagudem areas. Rao instructed Catastrophe Administration Secretary Rahul Bojja to maintain prepared NDRF and rescue groups for emergency functions.

In its climate forecast and warnings, the Met Centre of IMD right here stated heavy rain could be very more likely to happen at remoted locations in Adilabad, Komram Bheem, Nirmal, Jagtial and different districts from 2030 hours of Saturday to 0830 hours on Sunday.

It stated mild to average rain or thundershowers could be very more likely to happen at many locations over Telangana throughout the identical time interval.

From 0830 hours on Sunday to 0830 hours on July 25, heavy rain could be very more likely to happen at remoted locations in Nalgonda, Khammam, Suryapet and different districts.

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