Central team assesses Cyclone Murasu damage in East Godavari district
Officials inspect damaged paddy fields, irrigation canals and drinking water ponds in three mandals; seek a ₹1.5-crore plan to rebuild three damaged bridges
A team of officials from the Inter-Ministerial Central Team, led by Deputy Secretary Alok Jawahar, conducted a damage assessment in East Godavari district following Cyclone Murasu. The team inspected agricultural crops, bridges and drinking water facilities compromised by the cyclone. They examined breaches in irrigation canals and ponds in the mandals of Kovvur, Nidadavolu and Gopalapuram, where heavy rainfall had caused significant damage.
The stretch of the western Godavari bank between Nidadavolu, Kovvur and Gopalapuram bore the brunt of the cyclone's impact. In Chagallu and Kovvur, the team inquired about the condition of standing paddy crops, which are slated for harvest in December, and evaluated the extent of the losses. The team, comprising a National Remote Sensing Centre scientist and a Central Water Commission engineer, requested district officials to present a plan for the long-term repair of three irrigation bridges, with an estimated reconstruction cost of ₹1.5 crore.
In Gopalapuram mandal, they inspected the Pallavaram Right Main Canal, Bollala pond and surrounding paddy fields.
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