A two-member team from the Central government reached Tirupati on December 14 (Thursday) to assess the crop loss that occurred due to Cyclone Michaung in the coastal constituencies of Tirupati district.
Meena Hooda, Assistant Director of the Union Ministry of Power and Rakesh Kumar, Superintending Engineer, Union Ministry of Roads and Highways, accompanied by the district officials of various departments, inspected the fields where crops were damaged. Gudur MLA and former bureaucrat V. Varaprasad also accompanied the team.
The district administration explained to the team that nearly 2,450 houses were blown away by the winds or damaged due to flood water. As many as 121 substations and 2,218 current poles were damaged in 496 villages.