Vijayamma warns of starvation deaths

YSR Congress Party honourary president Smt. Y.S. Vijayamma asked the Government to announce immediate financial aid to the flood victims without waiting for a Central team inspection or its reports.

Consoling the flood victims at Tuni in East Godavari district and Payakarao Pet in Visakhapatnam district after visiting several flood-hit areas on Wednesday, Vijayamma demanded the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government to hike the ex-gratia to Rs.3 lakh from the present Rs.1.5 lakh announced to the families of those killed in the floods.

She warned the Government that flood victims would starve to death if no immediate aid is announced to them.

Observing that the Government is in deep slumber, she assured the victims YSRCP MLAs would bring pressure on it to ensure quick relief to the affected farmers and others. She asked the Government to order NAFED to buy the damaged coconut and announce reasonable support price for other crops in the area.

“Don’t wait for the Central teams or their reports for announcing financial relief. Immediate financial relief is required to prevent the flood victims from starvation deaths,” she told the Government.

“I have visited the flood ravaged areas in the three districts of East and West Godavari and Visakhapatnam but everywhere people are in distress as no immediate aid is announced by the CM who visited some of the areas,” she lamented.

Walking through the mud-filled and water-logged roads in most of the areas, Vijayamma told the victims that she came to console them. She later inaugurated a free medical camp organized by the party medical wing at Payakarao Pet.

  (Updated on Nov 8, 2012)