Hyderabad: Earnings minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy directed authorities to magnify relief operations in flood-affected locations of Kamareddy and Medak districts which suffered heavy damage due to the current rain. He kept in mind that advance preparations by the federal government had actually assisted in lowering death and home, however worried that the relief works must be sped up even more.
At an evaluation conference here on Wednesday with Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, unique chief secretary, catastrophe management, Arvind Kumar and financing secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania to evaluate the circumstance, he asked authorities to instantly launch pending settlement quantities and make sure no victim was left waiting.
Srinivas Reddy stated that repair work of tanks, ponds and roadways ought to be taken up on top priority. He notified that ’10 crore was launched to each of the seriously impacted districts and ‘5 crore to those with moderate damage. He advised district collectors to collaborate with department heads in Hyderabad for reliable tracking of relief operations.
Srinivas Reddy revealed annoyance over hold-ups in submission of utilisation certificates (UCs) to the Centre for funds currently invested in flood relief. He directed departments to send all UCs by September 13 without stop working. In view of the weather condition department’s caution of heavy rains over the next 2 days due to a low-pressure system, he asked authorities to stay alert and take preventive steps.
The conference was likewise gone to by senior authorities from watering, panchayat raj, health, community administration, R&B, and power departments.
Later On, Sriniavs Reddy likewise held a different evaluation on reporters’ well-being. He worried that federal government policies must truly benefit working reporters and not be misused. Accompanied by Press Academy Chairman K. Srinivas Reddy, I&PR unique commissioner Ch. Priyanka and CM’s CPRO G. Malsur, Srinivas Reddy talked about the accreditation cards policy, health plans and awards for reporters besides steps to attend to attacks on media individuals. It was chosen to assemble another conference with authorities from labour, health, home and financing departments to settle choices on these problems.