PM offers central assistance to rain-hit Andhra Pradesh

Singh, during the telephonic talk, offered all possible central assistance to the state to meet the situation, PMO sources said.

Earlier in the day, Reddy chaired a high-level review meeting with ministers and senior officials in Hyderabad.

Rain-related incidents have so far claimed 24 lives and damaged crops in 5.25 lakh hectares and horticulture crops in over 24,000 acres.