Central team inspects rain-affected areas in Cuddalore
The Hindu
The team inspected damage to infrastructure, roads and standing crops and interacted with farmers
A four-member inter-Ministerial Central team on Tuesday visited rain-affected areas in Cuddalore district. The delegation, comprising of Rajiv Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs; Vijay Rajmohan, Director (IT), Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare; Rananjay Singh, Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and M.V.N. Varaprasad, Under Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, arrived in Cuddalore from Puducherry.
The team inspected damage to infrastructure, roads and standing crops at Periyakanganakuppam caused by flooding from the Thenpennaiar River, which remains in spate. K. Phanindra Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner of Revenue Administration and Collector K. Balasubramaniam elaborated on the loss that has been estimated to agricultural crops, roads and other infrastructure due to the rains, with the help of a photo exhibition.