RAICHUR: The Government has released an assistance of Rs. 50 lakhs to the district administration to take up emergency relief works in all the villages and islands affected by flash floods.

The district administration has sought an immediate release of Rs. 2 crores to take up temporary relief measures in the affected areas.

Meanwhile, the Krishna received one lakh cusecs of additional water from the Ujani Dam on Thursday in addition to the release of four lakh cusecs of additional water from the Almatti and Narayanapura dams. This has led to an increase in the water level in the backwaters of the Jurala Projects of Andhra Pradesh, aggravating the situation in a few border villages and islands in Raichur taluk.

The district administration has sounded a red alert in the villages along the river in Raichur taluk, as another 1.5 lakh cusecs of water is expected to be released from Ujani and Nire dams by Thursday evening.

Lost contact

The people living in Kurvakurda, Mangigadde, Kurvakala and Agrahara islands in Raichur taluk have lost contact with the main land. The district administration has initiated action to supply food and essential materials to those stranded on these islands. A few who were unable to join their families were provided shelter and food at Atkoor and Dongarampur villages. The people living in Kadadaragadde and Yergodi islands of Lingsugur taluk have also lost contact with the main land, as both the islands have been submerged. The district administration has also shifted about 300 people from Medargol village and five families from Anjala and Gopalpur villages of Deodurga taluk. People are facing shortage of drinking water and there is a threat of spread of epidemics. The administration has augmented water supply to the affected areas through tankers.

Relief measures have been stepped up. The authorities concerned have been directed to initiate steps to shift people to safe places. The district administration has dispatched two boats to Lingsugur taluk and three to the border villages in Raichur taluk. It has also supplied 40 pairs of life-saving jackets to the rescue teams.

A team of doctors have been sent to Lingsugur taluk. Medical teams have been constituted in every gram panchayat in Raichur and Deodurga taluks to check the spread of epidemics.

Preliminary reports

According to preliminary reports submitted by taluk officials, as many as 59 villages and five islands in these taluks have been affected. More than 500 irrigation pumpsets have submerged and the standing crops along the river are destroyed. The loss is estimated to be over Rs. 4.5 crores.

Seventeen villages and three islands have been submerged in Raichur taluk in the backwaters of the Jurala Project. Standing crops of sunflower, groundnut and paddy in 5,312 acres of land have been damaged, and 92 irrigation pumpsets were washed away. The loss has been put at Rs. 1.84 crores. More than 36 villages have been affected in Deodurga taluk and the standing crops of toor, sunflower, groundnut and paddy in 4,059 acres and 220 irrigation pumpsets have been damaged, taking the total loss to Rs. 2.57 crores. In Lingsugur taluk, six villages and two islands have been affected. Standing crops in 225 acres and 223 irrigation pumpsets have been damaged. The loss is estimated to be Rs. 6 lakhs.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail