HYDERABAD, JULY 13 Chief Minister of the state K Chandrashekar Rao today instructed the officials to continue the rescue operations on a war footing in the wake of incessant rains and the rivers and reservoirs receiving heavy inflows.
The chief minister also instructed all the department officials to work in coordination to reduce property damages and loss of lives due to heavy rains.
The CM already conducted reviews for two days on heavy rains. He held a high-level meeting at 12 Noon on rains at Pragati Bhavan today and continued for 6 hours and issued required instructions to the authorities by reviewing the flood situation.
KCR ENQUIRED FLOOD
The CM gave required instructions to the Irrigation of-ficials following heavy in- flows in rivers Krishna and Godavari above the warning level. He enquired about in- flows and outflows in SRSP and other reservoirs with the officials. The CM is as-shifting of people from the flood prone areas. He estimated flood waters from Maharashtra and Godavari catchment areas and instructed to the officials on phone in advance.
PEOPLE OF FLOOD-PRONE VILLAGES AT KADEM PROJECT SHIFTED
To ensure safety, people from 12 villages have been evacuated from flood-prone villages under Ka- dem project. CM KCR spoke to Minister Indra- Karan Reddy on phone and instructed him to take up safety operations at Ka- the dem project. The CM also instructed Special Secretary to Municipal Administration Arvind Kumar to take required safety measures in Nirmal and other flood-prone municipalities. The CM asked Roads and Building minister V Prashant Reddy to take up repairs of damaged state and national highways.
TAKE UP SAFETY MEASURES IN BHADRACHALA
CM KCR instructed Minister P Ajay Kumar to monitor the evacuation of people from flood affected areas in Bhadrachalam in the wake of increasing flood waters in the Godavari. He reviewed crop situation and breach of water bodies with Agri- culture minister Niranjan Reddy and Rythu Band- hu Samithi President P Rajeshwar Reddy.
POWER SUPPLY PROBLEMS – TAKE UP RESTORATION WORKS
The CM instructed Energy CMD Prabhakar Rao, Raghuma Reddy, and Singareni CMD Sridhar to take steps to supply uninterrupted power and also procure coal stocks to meet one month’s requirement. The Energy department officials told CM KCR that 2300 electric poles have been damaged and 1600 were already re- stored. Repair works for other damaged poles are in the progress.
START HYDEL POWER GENERATION
CM KCR instructed the of- ficials to start hydel power generation where the projects are receiving heavy inflows. He asked ENC Muralidhar to lift flood waters from the Devadula project where the works are in progress.
RELEASE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY
The Chief Minister instructed Special Chief Secretary to Finance Rama Krishna Rao to release the required funds instantly to take up flood safety operations during the heavy rains and floods. State Chief Secretary and DGP have been asked to take immediate measures in the wake of the rain-related problems in the state. CM KCR appealed to people not to venture out of their homes
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICIAL MACHINERY
The Chief Minister spoke to ministers, collectors, and all department officials over the phone about the situation from the high-level meeting and issued instructions to them. He reiterated the Ministers and MLAs should not leave their local assembly constituencies until normalcy is restored.
HOLIDAY EXTENDED
In the wake of the continuation of heavy rains, the Chief Minister took the decision to extend holidays to all educational institutions till July 16. He instructed the officials of the education department to issue necessary orders in this regard.
Ministers- Satyawathi Rathod, S Niranjan Reddy, MLC and Rythu Bandhu Samith President P Rajeshwar Reddy, Madhusudhna Chary, MLAs- S Venkata Veeraiah, K Venkatesh, Harshvardhan Reddy, Upendar Reddy. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP Mahendar Reddy, CMO officials, Irrigation ENC Muralidhar, R and B, GHMC, Municipal and Police officials were also present.
