{
  "id": 19996990,
  "title": "Central team assesses Cyclone Murasu damage in East Godavari district",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/central-team-assesses-cyclone-murasu-damage-in-east-godavari-district",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T15:01:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/central-team-assesses-cyclone-murasu-damage-in-east-godavari-district/article71701932.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [
    "Inter-Ministerial Central Team led by Deputy Secretary Alok Jawahar assesses Cyclone Murasu damage.",
    "Inspected agricultural crops, bridges, and drinking water facilities in East Godavari district.",
    "Requested ₹1.5 crore for long-term repair of three irrigation bridges."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}