Jagan to visit flood-hit areas

The YSRCP has demanded that the State government take immediate relief and rehabilitation measures in the three districts that have been battered by torrential rain.

Party president and Leader of the Opposition Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will tour the affected areas on Monday and tuesday. He is scheduled to visit the Rajampeta area of YSR district and will reach to Venkatagiri of Potti Sriramulu Nellore dist. He will visit Sarvepali, Sulluripeta, Atmakuru, Nellore urban, Nellore rural and Kavali areas.

The YSRCP alleged that the government had miserably failed in handling the situation, and that it had not initiated preventive measures in spite of the adverse weather forecast for Chittoor, Nellore and Kadapa districts.

 “The government had not taken measures to evacuate people from low-lying areas and ensure storage of essential commodities,” Party leaders alleged.

Theay lamented that the government had not submitted a report to the Centre on the drought-affected mandals in spite of declaring 196 mandals as drought-hit and another 170 as severely affected.

“The State’s indifference in addressing the concerns of people was evident from the statement of Union Minister Birendra Singh who said the State was yet to submit a report on drought,” they added.