An Inter-Ministerial Central team will tour the state starting on monday for a first-hand assessment of the damage and relief efforts carried out by the State administration, even as the State stepped up its relief and restoration efforts in the wake of the disastrous floods that threw normal life off course in several districts.

The same team will return to the State following the State government's submission of a final memorandum for a thorough evaluation of the damage and to make a final recommendation about the admissibility of extra central aid for the floods. The panel will also provide a recommendation about whether the tragedy qualifies as "severe nature."

The National Disaster Management Authority's Kunal Satyarthi will serve as the team's leader, and members of the Ministries/Departments of Agriculture, Finance (Department of Expenditure), Jal shakti (Department of Water Resources), Power, Road Transport and Highways, and the National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space will also participate. In a document describing the team's deputation, the Ministry also requested information on the allocation, release, and spending of monies made during 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23 for different telangana ministries and departments' projects and programmes.

While aid is being provided to flood victims in relief centres in the form of dry rations and clothing aside from house cleaning and cooking utensils until the situation stabilises, the official machinery has switched into restoration mode as a result of the rains ceasing and the flood waters gradually receding in most places. In flood-affected areas, medical personnel have been ordered to perform fever surveys while representatives from other departments examine the sanitary work being done and damaged homes and bridges. In the communities, medical camps are also being planned.

At Bhadrachalam, the River Godavari's water level dropped from 56 feet at 10 p.m. on saturday to 50.40 feet at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The water is still over the second alert level even after the third level warning has been lifted.

Minister Satyavathi Rathod, one of the most impacted districts in mulugu, verified 16 fatalities as well as significant losses in terms of houses, crops, and cattle in places like Kondai, Dodla, Malyala, Medaram, Narlapur, and Project Nagar, where many homes were washed away and roads were destroyed. 805 tanks and ponds in mulugu alone have been filled to capacity by the rains, and more than 70 have either been completely or partially destroyed.

Crops in various districts, including mulugu, Bhupalpally, Nizamabad, and Adilabad, were harmed early at the germination stage due to the rains striking the State at a time when sowing activities were picking up speed. After determining the need, officials are attempting to connect with the impacted farmers by assuring seed supply. By the time the State's various districts in north telangana were hit by severe rains, the State's crop coverage was close to 70 lakh acres.

On the other side, a fresh problem is growing for farmers, particularly in the former karimnagar district where the floods have left enormous sand mounds in agricultural areas. According to agricultural officials, the karimnagar district alone has 640 acres of paddy and cotton fields where sand has collected.
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SIBY JEYYA

31/07/2023 07:20 AM