Rs 600 cr damage in floods in East& West Godavari districts;CM

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Press Trust of India Amaravati
Last Updated : Aug 22 2018 | 8:20 PM IST

: Floods in the river Godavari in East and West Godavari districts in the last one week caused damage to the tune of Rs 600 crore, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said here today.

He announced a compensation of Rs 25,000 per hectare to the crops damaged in the flood.

The Chief Minister stated this after conducting an aerial survey of the affected areas.

Paddy crop in about 11,000 hectares in the two districts

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First Published: Aug 22 2018 | 8:20 PM IST

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