The Chief Minister Dr. Rosaiah reviewed the latest situation following heavy rains in some of the districts with Ministers and officials at Secretariat. He also directed the Chief Secretary and other top officials to be in constant touch with the district Collectors regarding the measures to meet the situation whenever and wherever necessary.

The Chief Minister told the officials that since there are reports of breaches of minor tanks, it should be repaired immediately and be vigilant against further breaches. He wanted water to be drained out from the inundated areas. He asked the officials to direct all the line departments to coordinate and see that normalcy is restored in all the rain-affected areas. Dr Rosaiah wanted the officials to ensure supply of  safe and pure drinking water in all the areas. "Prevention is always better  than cure", he told the officials cautioning against spread of any epidemics in the rain-affected areas.

The Chief Minister asked the Commissioner, GHMC to take care of damages to city roads and low lying colonies and areas in the GHMC and see that the colonies are not inundated by taking suitable steps. He also asked the R&B, Panchayatiraj  to take care of road damages and breaches. He also wanted the officials to concentrate on sanitation in all affected areas. He also wanted food packets and water packets to be distributed to all areas wherever needed.

As per the details furnished by the Commissioner, Disaster Management to Chief Minister today, the rainfall  as on  06.09.2010 in the  State as a whole is (+) 34% [i.e., 698.5mm as against the normal rainfall of 520mm], Coastal region: (+) 49% [737.0 mm Vs 494.9 mm], Rayalaseema region: (+) 42% [443.0mm Vs 312.9 mm] and Telangana region:       (+) 27% [791.6mm Vs 625.4mm] .

Rainfall status: Excess - 19 districts and above and normal – 4 Districts.

% of Reservoirs levels with reference to gross capacity is as follows:

• Maximum rainfall is recorded in Guntur district with 83% excess over its normal, while minimum rainfall is recorded in Nizamabad district with -0.2% shortfall to its normal rainfall in the district. Costal Andhra region recorded highest average rainfall of 737.0 mm as against the normal rainfall of 494.9 mm with a deviation of (+49%). Rayalaseema region recorded rainfall of 443.0 mm as against the normal rainfall 312.9 mm with a deviation of (+42%). Telangana region also recorded rainfall of 791.6 mm as against the normal 625.4 mm with a deviation of (+27%).
• All the districts in the Coastal Andhra region recorded excess rainfall:
  Guntur +83%, Prakasam +78%, Nellore +75%, Krishna +65%, E.Godavari +44%, West Godavari +38%,Vizianagaram +35%,Vishakapatnam +31%, Srikakulam +29%, In the Rayalaseema region: Kurnool +54% , Kadapa+44%, Ananthapur 41%, Chittoor+32% In the Telangana region: Hyderabad +57%  Mahaboobnagar +51%, Rangareddy +46%, Warangal+39%, Khammam +38%,  Karimanagar+23%, Adilabad+19% , Medak+14%, Nalgonda+ 9% and Nizamabad- 0.2%.

Damages due to Heavy Rains/Floods from 1-6-'10 to 7-9-'10 in the State

• No.of Districts affected   :   13
  Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,  East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Khammam, Adilabad, Warangal, Karinmagar, Nizamabad, Mahaboonagar and Rangareddy
• No.of Population affected   :   1,55,841
• No.of People Evacuated   :   88,505
• No.of Relief Camps organized   :   107
• Persons Provided Shelter at Relief Camps   :   52,638
• No.of Food Packets distributed   :   78,528
• No.of Water packets distributed   :   1,36,975
• No.of Medical camps organized   :   119
• No. of Houses damaged: 21,580 - Fully:5,959 - Severely:15,621 (East Godavari-17,338), (Adilabad-1366), (Karimnagar-787), (Ranga Reddy-652), (Warangal-408), (West Godavari-347), (Vizianagaram-244), (Khammam-240), (Nizamabad-123), (Srikakulam-75).
• Extent Crop damaged (in Ha): 2.96 lakh hectares (as per preliminary estimates. (Mainly paddy, cotton, groundnut, redgram, greengram, blackgram, jowar, maize, sunflower, sugarcane), Detailed enumeration/survey on >50% damages to crops to be done), horticulture damaged:  6,272 hectares, No.of Minor Irrigation tanks damaged: 2055, Extent of Roads damaged (Kms) 11,175 (R&B and Panchayat Raj Depts).

IV. List of villages likely to be submerged: 681, due to Floods in the Rivers – Godavari, Krishna, Vansadhara & Nagavali as estimated by A.P.State Remote Sensing Agency Centre.

Ministers Raghuveera Reddy, Botsa Satyanarayana, Viswarup, Sunitha Laxma Reddy, Viswarup, D Nagender, Parthasarathy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Chief Secretary S V Prasad, Adviser to CM, P.K.Agarwal, Commissioner, Disaster Management T. Radha and other officials attended the meeting.