Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced that financial relief to the Godavari flood-hit farmers would be released by the end of this month.
The Chief Minister sanctioned construction of a revetment to Godavari river bund in island villages over a stretch of 3.5 km at a cost of Rs 150-200 crore to check soil erosion in those habitations.
Jagan Mohan Reddy visited the flood-affected people in Kunalanka village in Mummidivaram mandal and Thotharamudivaripeta and Kondukuduru villages in Ainavilli mandal in the BR Ambedkar Konaseema district on Tuesday.
This was the last leg of his two-day tour of the flood-hit villages in Alluri Sitarama Raju, Eluru and Ambedkar Konaseema districts.
Addressing the flood-affected, the CM said Godavari river witnessed floods with a discharge of nearly 16 lakh cusecs of water from Sir Arthur Cotton barrage at Dowleswaram.
Several villages located along the river course were affected.Unlike the earlier practice of visiting the flood-affected areas immediately, he avoided such a photo opportunity for publicity.
“Our government concentrated its full attention on providing immediate relief to the affected people,” he asserted.
