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Ministers asked to rush to flood-hit areas

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has asked the Ministers to rush to the districts to ensure supply of relief material to the flood-affected families.At the Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister referred to the "untold misery" caused by the latest spell of rain.

Dr. Reddy wanted the Ministers to explain to the farmers the paradoxical situation of heavy rain on one hand and the power shortage on the other.

Dr Reddy named three Ministers and three IAS officers each to the worst-affected Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts to oversee the relief and restoration operations.

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