The Union government on December 7 released funds for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, and another tranche of funds for Chennai city, in the wake of damage inflicted by severe cyclonic storm Michaung that hit the coastal States this week. Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on X on Thursday that government has approved ₹561.29 crore for …
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who took an aerial survey of flood-affected regions in and around Chennai on Thursday, December 7, 2023 said that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has released the second instalment of its share of ₹450 crore to Tamil Nadu’s State Disaster Relief Fund. Integrated Urban Flood Management activities for Chennai Basin Project Pointing out that …
A total of 300 mobile medical units were flagged off in Chennai on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in the wake of Cyclone Michaung. While 160 units will be stationed in Chennai; 50 are being sent to Tiruvallur; 60 to Chengalpattu and 30 to Kancheepuram districts, all of which have been badly affected by Cyclone Michaung in the past few days. …
As cyclone Michaung made landfall at Bapatla, the Tirupati district administration has been urged to fast-track relief and rehabilitation measures, in view of the havoc caused by the incessant rains that rocked the district for over 48 hours since Monday. Collector K. Venkataramana Reddy explained that seventeen relief and rehabilitation camps have been set up across villages in the fifteen …
The State Public Transport Department found itself under immense pressure trying to operate its services to rural areas in the wake of heavy rains caused by Cyclone Michaung on December 5. While urban services mostly remained unaffected, the rural routes posed a major challenge for the public carrier on Tuesday, as several panchayat routes remained cut off due to overflowing …
Agriculture minister Kakani Govardhan said that there were no casualties or loss of property in the district, however the paddy fields suffered minor damage The general public and officials expressed relief as the Cyclone Michaung, which was speculated to make landfall between Nellore and Kavali, skipped the Nellore coast and made landfall at Bapatla on Tuesday afternoon. However, normal life …
The Visakhapatnam district administration has warned people to be on alert as the deep depression over the Bay Bengal may turn into Cyclone storm Michaung in the next 12 hours and if so it is expected to make a landfall over the State coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam on December 5. The district administration identified 25 cyclone relief centres in …
