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Pawan Kalyan Orders Kakinada Officials to Maintain Cyclone Alert
Heavy rain from Cyclone Arnab affected Kakinada district.
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan told officials to stay alert for two more days.
Officials must watch places that could flood and help move people to safer areas.
Special relief centres should be opened if flooding becomes a threat.
The district received 117.6 millimetres of rain over two days.
Trees fell at 15 places, but workers cleared the roads.
Crops were damaged across about 1,885 hectares.
Fishermen were told not to go into the sea until the weather becomes safer.
Pawan Kalyan ordered Kakinada officials to remain on high alert for two more days.
The district recorded average rainfall of 117.6 mm over the past two days.
Officials reported fallen trees at 15 locations and crop damage across 1,885 hectares.
Authorities were told to monitor flood-prone areas, reservoirs, and downstream communities continuously.
Fishermen were directed to stay out of the sea until conditions improve.
- Who
- Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Kakinada Collector MN Harendhira Prasad, and the district administration.
- What
- Officials were instructed to maintain high alert, monitor flooding, prepare evacuations, and assess crop damage.
- Where
- Kakinada district, including low-lying areas, flood-prone villages, downstream communities, and the Suddagedda stream area.
- When
- The instructions were issued on Thursday, with heightened monitoring ordered for another two days.
- Why
- Heavy rains linked to Cyclone Arnab created risks of flooding, infrastructure damage, and crop losses.
Key facts
- Rainfall
- Average 117.6 mm across Kakinada district over two days
- Crop damage
- Preliminary estimates covered 1,885 hectares
- Fallen trees
- Trees fell at 15 locations and were cleared
- Monitoring period
- Officials were told to remain on high alert for another two days
- Control room
- A special round-the-clock control room was established
- Reservoirs monitored
- Yeleru, Tandava, Pampa, and Subba Reddy Sagar
- Marine safety
- Fishermen were ordered not to venture into the sea until the system weakens
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