As the state is likely to witness heavy rains over the next couple of days
as per the IMD reports, Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekar Rao, directed the
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar IAS to impress upon the District Collectors to
be on high alert.
Accordingly Chief Secretary held a teleconference with senior
officials and District Collectors and apprised them about the heavy to very
heavy rainfall threat across the state and the need to be vigilant. He asked them
to focus on ensuring that there is no loss of human life.
Chief Secretary stated that there is a heavy to very heavy rainfall alert
over the next couple of days as such he directed the Collectors to ensure that
all the officials in the district are available in the headquarters and no leave
should be allowed. Low-lying areas should be identified. Relief camps should
be kept ready.
He directed the Collectors to work in close coordination with all the line
departments and take all preventive measures and see that no untoward
incident takes place. Chief Secretary directed the collectors to set up a control
room in the Collectorate.
The IMD projects heavy rainfall and the impact will
be seen from tomorrow afternoon. There may be breaches to irrigation tanks.
roads, causeways may also likely be submerged. As the tanks, ponds and
reservoirs are in spate, officials should be on high alert and see that sandbags
are kept ready if breaches to vulnerable tanks takes place, Chief Secretary said.
Rahul Bojja Secretary of Disaster Management and other officials
participated in the teleconference.
