WebinarsNew
Deep DiveNew
Explore Business Standard
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said the damage caused by Cyclone Murasu, according to preliminary estimates, was Rs 1,919 crore. CM Naidu reviewed the post-cyclone situation with officials late on Thursday and directed them to expedite relief and restoration work. He stressed the need to ensure uninterrupted electricity and drinking water supply and repair damaged roads, while ensuring farmers and residents faced no hardship following two consecutive cyclones--Arnab and Murasu. "We will visit cyclone-affected areas in Bapatla and Guntur districts to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Murasu. Preliminary estimates have put the state's losses at around Rs 1,918.5 crore," Naidu said in an official press release late on Thursday. At least eight persons have died in related incidents, officials said. According to the preliminary assessment, agricultural crops were damaged across 1.4 lakh hectares, affecting over 1.8 lakh farmers. Horticultural crops suffe
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that seven of the nine missing Tamil Nadu fishermen have died following a boat capsize off the Andhra Pradesh coast. Expressing grief over the death of the seven men during adverse weather conditions caused by severe cyclonic storm Murasu recently, he directed officials to intensify the search for two others who remain missing. "Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen have lost their lives in the boat accident off the Andhra Pradesh coast amid adverse weather conditions caused by severe cyclonic storm Murasu. We have directed officials to intensify search operations to trace the two fishermen who remain missing," Naidu said in an official press release. The chief minister enquired with officials about the accident and the ongoing rescue operations. Officials informed Naidu that search operations had been underway for the past three days and that the boat had washed ashore at Kothapatnam beach in Prakasam district. Seven of the nine fishermen abo
Following the loss caused by two back-to-back cyclones to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday sought for an "immediate" central assistance of over Rs 4,500 crore. The chief Minister estimated that very severe cyclonic storm Arnab inflicted a loss of at least Rs 4,563 crore and severe cyclonic storm Murasu immediately after that Rs 343 crore. The two weather systems had struck the state within a week. "Amid Arnab cyclone loss, immediately sanction an amount of Rs 4,563 crore for relief," said Naidu in a letter to the Centre, according to an official press release. The CM has already spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah multiple times and detailed him on the extent of the damage. In a report to the Centre, the southern state informed that Arnab cyclone has battered 781 villages. Naidu highlighted that cyclone Arnab damaged three lakh hectares of crops and 13,600 horticulture crops in 16 districts. It has destroyed 29,000 electric poles and nearly ...