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PRESS NOTE Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers flood relief operations in AP By Vishwa Hindu Parishad Hyderabad, 7th October, 2009 Unprecedented horrendous floods lashed out Kurnool, Mahaboobnager, Nalgonda, Krishna and Guntur districts. On that fateful Friday Oct 02, 2009 Vishwa Hindu Parishad, RSS, Bajrangdal and Sevabharathi workers have plunged in to relief operational services and on the first day nearly 6000 displaced and affected citizens in Kurnool are provided with food and water. Subsequently Mahaboobnager, Nalgonda, Krishna and Guntur Districts are also ravaged by floods. The following are the brief details of devastation suffered by floods in the above Five Districts KURNOOL DISTRICT: 34 revenue Mandals out of 54 are flooded by the furious waters of Tungabhadra, Handri, Kundu and Krishna rivers. 180 villages are submerged. 7 lakhs people are displaced. 50,000 houses damaged. 6180 cattle head perished. More than 50 people last their lives. Standing crops in 1.8 lakhs acres destroyed. Towns like Nadyal, Mantralayam are inundated with 15feet deep flood waters. 365 years old historical Sri Raghavendra Swami Matham at Mantralayam was under 15feet deep flood waters. 39 relief camps have been organized by VHP karyakarthas. VHP has begun flood relief operations right from 2nd Oct. Flood relief camps are started working at Kesavameorial High School, VHP Vignanapeetam, G.Pullareddy Engineering College and in the Rajvihar house of late Shri G.Pullareddy.2000 VHP, RSS, Sevabharathi, Arogyabharathi and Parivar workers took part in these relief operations. 4 lakhfood packets, 5 lakh water packets are distributed to the victims of the flood.150 quintals rice and 1000s of biscuit packs, bread packs and fruits are distributed. 35 people are rescued in Kurnool Town from being washed away by swerling flood waters by VHP workers. MAHABOOBNAGER DISTRICT (PALAMUR): 95 villages in 15 revenue Mandals have been inundated. 16,000 houses are destroyed. 12,000 cattle head perished. 25 people died. 4 lacks people are displaced. 80,000 acres of crops destroyed. Historical Alampur Jogulamba temple Sakthi Peetam was totally inundated under Tungabadra flood waters. 2.5 lacks of food packets, 3 lacks of water packs, more than a lack of biscuits, bread and fruits packets are distributed. 10 truck loads of rice and food grains collected in twin cities of Hyderabad have been delivered to 19 relief camps. NALGONDA DISTRICT: 30 villages have been affected by Krishna, Tungabhadra floods. Standing crops in 6000 acres are destroyed. More than one lakh people are displaced. Shri Lakshminarasimhaswami temple in Mattampalli village remained submerged. KRISHNA DISTRICT: 131 villages in 15 revenue Mandal of Krishna district are badly affected by Krishna flood waters. About 4 lakhs people are displaced and standing crops in 40,000 acres suffered. VHP and Sevikasamithi workers have under taken relief work on large scale in Vijayawada. More than 5000 karyakarthas have organized Camps in Indirapriyadarshini College in Vijayawada Mahanager. 12 Camps worked continuously. More than a lakh food packs, 2 lakhs water packets, thousands of bread and biscuit packs distributed. Old people, pregnant women and children are provided with milk 3 times a day GUNTUR DISTRICT: 100 villages in 12 revenue Mandals are inundated 2 lakhs people displaced. Standing crops in 50,000 acres destroyed. Historic Amaravathi town was under Krishna flood water. Medical Service Camps: in Kurnool Mahanager 10 teams of Doctors have treated 13000 patients by providing medicines. In Nandyal town 4000 people and in Mahaboobnager 8000 people have been treated by teams of Doctors. Sanitation: in flood affected areas Bleaching powder has been sprayed and Chlorine has been sprinkled in drinking water wells. Sofar 100 dead cattels are buried. 20 dead bodies after identification have been handed over to their relatives. Inspection tours of senior VHP and RSS leaders: In order to ascertain the extent of damage of Crops and Properties and asses the loss of life, VHP Central Joint General Secretary Sri Y. Raghavulu, Organizing Secretery of Paschima Andhra Sri. A. Keshava raju have extensively toured the effected areas in Kurnool district. RSS Paschimaandhra Sangachalak Sri T. Deshmuk, Paschim Andra Prantha Pracharak Sri A. Shyam ji toured Mahboobnagar district. VHP All India Vice President Sri Gokaraju Gangaraju, RSS Poorvandhra Prantha Pracharak Sri Sunil and VHP Purvandra Organising Secretary Sri .K Basker ji have toured Krishna and Guntur districts. Observations by our above Leaders: Even though the Govt declared this flood havoc as a National Calamity, not even minimal action in commensurate with the dimensions of National Calamity has been initiated so far. Srmt.Sonia Ghandhi, C.M of A.P and large number of Political Party Leaders carried out aerial surveys and visited places; they are not bothered about the solutions to the prevailing horrible conditions in towns and villages. Houses are filled four to five feet deep stinking mud. Food grains and rice stocks etc. in the shops and house have become totally decomposed giving rice to unbearable dirty smell leading to serious health hazards to the people. None can gain entry in to these areas. The situation is so horrendous that there is no water, no electricity, no roads, no sanitation, no communications and no medical care so far in the affected areas. Thefts have become rampant. All pervasive pollution of atmosphere prevails all-round. As it is declared as a National Calamity, why Military Services are not pressed into action so far. The assessment of damage and is as given below: 1) 3750 k.m Road ways and 8 k.m Railways are extensively damaged 2) 470 Culverts and Bridges damaged 3) 574 Irrigation Tanks washed away 4) About 70,000 houses destroyed 5) About 24,000 Sheep and Goats are perished 6) 80,000 cattle head died the worth of which is about 15crores 7) 22,000 tonnes of fodder worth 34 crores lost 8) Standing crops totaling 4.2 lakhs acres are lost. It is estimated that the loss to the Farmers approximates to 1000 crores. 9) NH 7, NH 9, were shut for five days causing great inconvenience to public. Government Estimates of Total Losses due to these floods; 1) Agriculture and Horticulture. 1050 cores 2) Cattle Development Dept. 275 cores 3) Fisheries Dept. 100 cores 4) Infrastructure 10500 cores (Roads, buildings, Telecom, Irrigation and Electricity) _________________________________________________________ TOTAL LOSS 11925 Cores _______________________________________________
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As revealed from the article and illustrations, VHP has indeed pioneered in the tremendous job of immediate help to the victims. I am sure more concerted efforts would ensue to rehabilitate the flood victims. Society at large can do its bit but the governments of the States and the Central govt. needs to play the major part. The aid packages should go to the hands of the affected people. Voluntary organizations like VHP may well keep vigilance over such matters.
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