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Central team visits AP to assess Cyclone Arnab damage; Informed that cyclone loss was Rs 4,764 Cr.

Vijayawada, Oct 31 (UNI) A seven-member Central Government assessment team visited Andhra Pradesh to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Arnab.
As part of this, the team visited the Real Time Governance Society (RTGS) Centre at the Secretariat at Amaravati near here on Saturday.
RTGS Secretary Katamneni Bhaskar and RTGS CEO Prakhar Jain welcomed the team.

The damage caused to the State due to Cyclone Arnab was explained to the Central team through a PowerPoint presentation.
A seven-member team led by Chitranjan Dash, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, visited the state.
On this occasion, RTGS officials explained to the Central team the precautionary preparedness measures undertaken by the State Government during the cyclone.

The officials informed the Central team that the preliminary assessment estimated the damage caused by Cyclone Arnab in Andhra Pradesh at Rs.4,764 crore. Crops belonging to 4.63 lakh farmers were damaged across 3.52 lakh hectares.

The officials explained to the Central team that horticultural crops were damaged across 23,383 hectares, 2,491 kilometres of State roads were damaged and 7,382 houses were affected in 12 districts with Konaseema and West Godavari districts being severely affected.

The officials apprised the Central team that various departments established 3,455 control rooms at district and mandal levels to undertake cyclone relief measures and appointed 3,918 nodal officers.
A total of 2,199 cyclone shelters were established across 20 districts.

“As many as 34,716 people were shifted to these shelters. For relief operations, 16 NDRF and 11 SDRF teams were deployed across 14 districts. A total of 1,355 ambulances were kept ready for emergency medical services. As part of precautionary measures, 3,012 pregnant women were shifted to hospitals,” the officials informed the Central team.

Chitranjan Dash assured that efforts would be made to ensure that adequate assistance is provided to Andhra Pradesh from the Centre, adding that recommendations will be made to the Central Government to provide immediate assistance to Andhra Pradesh to help it recover from the disaster.
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