Central Team to Visit Rain-Affected Areas In Telangana
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Central Team to Visit Rain-Affected Areas In Telangana
Hyderabad: An inter-ministerial central team led by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) advisor Kunal Satyarthi will visit the rain-affected areas of the State from Monday to assess the crop damages.
The team will have officials from Agriculture, Jal Shakti, Finance, Power, Road Transport & Highways, and National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA).
The team will do a spot assessment of the damage caused due heavy rain and flash floods, according to officials.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.