New Delhi, Oct 7th: Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Raghuveera Reddy has said that crops worth billions of rupees were damaged in by floods. Due to the recent floods about 2 lakh 80 hectares of crops have damaged. The total loss that was preliminary assessed so far is about 1,250 crores and the input subsidy which was supposed to give to the farmers for their loss of crops would be about 135 crores and for the alternate crops the subsidy that has to be given to the farmers for the seeds may be about 52 crores.
Reddy said that the affected farmers would be given full insurance claim and bank loans. "We have directed all the officers to form team’s mandal wise where the university scientists are also part of the team. They will enumerate and we will see to that compensation is paid to them. Whatever alternate crops they want to grow, suggestion will be given by university scientists. And it's our utmost importance to see that every farmers who have suffered a loss will be compensated at the earliest," Reddy said.
Reddy said that the affected farmers would be given full insurance claim and bank loans. "We have directed all the officers to form team’s mandal wise where the university scientists are also part of the team. They will enumerate and we will see to that compensation is paid to them. Whatever alternate crops they want to grow, suggestion will be given by university scientists. And it's our utmost importance to see that every farmers who have suffered a loss will be compensated at the earliest," Reddy said.
100% tax exemption on donations Posted on 08-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 7th: The state government on Wednesday announced that 100 percent tax exemption could be claimed on donations given to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund to help the flood victims. The revenue minister, Mr. Dharmana Prasad Rao, told media persons that the exemption could be availed under ...
Aerial survey of flood hit by PM Posted on 08-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 7th: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make an aerial survey of flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh on Friday. Manmohan Singh will arrive in Vijayawada by a special aircraft from New Delhi at 11.20 a.m. and conduct the survey by a helicopter. He will fly over Krishna, Guntur, Kurnoo...
MLA support to flood hit victims Posted on 08-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 7th: Kakinada city MLA, Mr. Dwarampudi Chandra Shekar Reddy along with mayor, Kavikondala Saroja, Corporators and other party cadre has extended their support to the flood hit victims of Kurnool, Mahbubnagar and other neighboring districts on Wednesday. Total support in the form of clot...
Govt hospital acquires equipment Posted on 09-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 8th: The Government General Hospital has acquired equipment worth about Rs 75 lakhs including a bio-chemical analyzer, a three-dimensional colour Doppler and a paediatric ventilator. It has also got a donation of Rs 80 lakhs from AMG International for procurement of a CT scanner by the ...
Basketball selections held Posted on 09-Oct-2009
Guntur, Oct 8th: The Vignan’s Lara Institute of Technology and Science at Vadlamudi organized selections for JNTU-Kakinada basketball men and women’s teams at its campus on Thursday. The process would continue on Friday also with 80 players from 50 engineering colleges affiliated to JNTU-...
Railways to be restored in a week Posted on 09-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 8th: Train services in the flood-hit areas of Andhra Pradesh will be restored from Oct 15, union Minister of State for Railways H.K. Muniyappa said. The minister inspected damaged railway tracks in Kurnool, the worst-hit district. He said the railway track between Kurnool and Bangalore...
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