YSR Congress MP Vijayasai Reddy has appealed to... ... Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 30 November 2021

YSR Congress MP Vijayasai Reddy has appealed to the central government to support the state of Andhra Pradesh by releasing Rs 1,000 crore under emergency relief in view of this dire situation of heavy rainfall and floods. Vijayasai Reddy on Tuesday raised the issue of recent floods in Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha Zero Hour and appealed to the Centre for immediate relief. He said Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa, and Anantapur districts have been hit by unprecedented floods due to extraordinary rains in the southern coastal and Rayalaseema districts between November 16 and 18. It is known that Roads, bridges, railway tracks, power lines, and poles were washed away in the flood, some reservoirs were severely damaged by the floods, thousands of acres of cropland ready for harvest were washed away in the floodwaters. About 85 lakh hectares of agricultural and horticultural crops were destroyed.Read more