Vijayamma consoles flood victims

YSR Congress Party honourary president Smt. Y.S. Vijayamma today visited the submerged areas and flooded crops under the Budameru belt at Koyyagura Padu in Unguturu Mandalam of West Godavari district.

After interacting with farmers and inspecting the submerged crops, Vijayamma said farmers suffered heavily due to the fury of the Nilam cyclone and demanded the Government to pay a compensation of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15 000 per acre to the affected farmers.

Earlier, she met the affected farmers trying to know the details of crop losses and asses the damage.

Vijayamma was the first political leader in the state to have visited the flood affected areas and share the grief of the victims who suffered heavily due to the floods.

Soon after landing at the Gannavaram airport, Vijayamma straightaway left for the Budameru area by road to meet the farmers whose crops have been totally submerged by the flood waters.

When the affected farmers and villagers narrated the fury of the nature, Vijayamma consoled them and requested them not to lose heart. “No one should experience this difficulty,” she told them, adding people would not have suffered this much damage if YSR had been alive.

Vijayamma assured people that YSRCP activists and leaders would actively participate in the flood relief measures. During the visit, she was accompanied by party leaders Y. V. Subba Reddy and MLAs Amarnath Reddy, Kodali Nani and others.

She also inspected the Budameru bridge at Puttagunta and spoke to the villagers there.

YSRCP leaders distribute food packets

Following a call given by Vijayamma to the party leaders and activists to come to the rescue of the victims, MLA Nani arranged to distribute 10,000 packets of food to the victims.

(Updated on Nov 5, 2012)