Jagan’s two-day visit to flood-hit areas begins today
The Hindu
He will cover the affected parts in Chittoor and Kadapa districts
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit the flood-affected areas in the Tirupati division of Chittoor district and Rajampeta division of Kadapa district on December 2 and 3.
According to officials, the Chief Minister will arrive at the Kadapa airport at 10.15 a.m. on Thursday. He will board a helicopter to reach Mandapalle village, near Rajampeta. He would visit the flood-affected areas in Mandapalle and Pulaputtur villages.
At 1.30 p.m., the Chief Minister will taken an aerial view of the damaged Annamayya reservoir site. He will return to Mandapalle at 2.45 p.m. and hold a review meeting with the officials.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.