CM puts administration on alert to deal with rain situation

Hyderabad : Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the officials concerned to be on high alert as the state is experiencing widespread rain and thunderstorms with hails.
 
The Chief Minister also instructed officials to make estimates of the crops losses due to the rain and hail storms. He spoke to Chief Secretary S K Joshi on the untimely rains, hail storms and their impact on the crops losses in the State. He instructed that estimates about the crops losses suffered due to untimely hail storms for the past 15 days and losses to be suffered in the days to come to be prepared. Since the government is ready to give Input Subsidy to farmers who suffered losses, reports should be prepared and sent to the government forthwith.
 
Based on the instructions from the CM, Chief Secretary Sri S K Joshi spoke to all the district collectors over the phone and asked them to prepare reports on the crop losses. He has instructed that officials’ teams should visit the affected places to assess the damage.