Relief at last: Modi gives Rs 1,000-cr to Hudhud-hit Andhra
15 Oct 2014 5:48 AM IST
‘The central government is with Andhra Pradesh government in this hour of crisis,’ said Modi who reviewed the damage done by the cyclone on Tuesday. PM arrived in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday afternoon to visit cyclone-hit area and other parts of north coastal Andhra.
Soon after landing at Visakhapatnam airport, he inspected the facility extensively damaged by cyclonic storm Hudhud on Sunday. Officials briefed him about the damages. Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, central government ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Ashok Gajapati Raju received him at the airport.
People in the cyclone-ravaged town of Visakhapatnam continue to live without electricity and communication facilities for the third day in the row since Sunday. The scarcity of drinking water, milk and other essential commodities have added to the woes of this port town.
Two days after the severe cyclonic storm Hudhud battered the coastline, the city of 18 lakh people remained in darkness and mostly deprived of potable water. Piped potable water supplies have run out, too. Motor pumps installed in homes and apartments aren’t running, with power supply yet to be restored.
The authorities haven’t been able to supply water in tankers either, the citizens complained. Cashing in on the situation are greedy retailers, selling 20 litre water bottles for Rs 300 each. Women carrying children too are running around to buy milk, some of them standing in long queues. In some areas, half-litre packets of milk were sold at Rs 50 each, which is twice their actual price. Mobile phones remain dead here for the third day in a row, with telecom services yet to be restored. ATM machines aren’t working either.
Soon after landing at Visakhapatnam airport, he inspected the facility extensively damaged by cyclonic storm Hudhud on Sunday. Officials briefed him about the damages. Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, central government ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Ashok Gajapati Raju received him at the airport.
People in the cyclone-ravaged town of Visakhapatnam continue to live without electricity and communication facilities for the third day in the row since Sunday. The scarcity of drinking water, milk and other essential commodities have added to the woes of this port town.
Two days after the severe cyclonic storm Hudhud battered the coastline, the city of 18 lakh people remained in darkness and mostly deprived of potable water. Piped potable water supplies have run out, too. Motor pumps installed in homes and apartments aren’t running, with power supply yet to be restored.
The authorities haven’t been able to supply water in tankers either, the citizens complained. Cashing in on the situation are greedy retailers, selling 20 litre water bottles for Rs 300 each. Women carrying children too are running around to buy milk, some of them standing in long queues. In some areas, half-litre packets of milk were sold at Rs 50 each, which is twice their actual price. Mobile phones remain dead here for the third day in a row, with telecom services yet to be restored. ATM machines aren’t working either.
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