About 600 families were evacuated from the villages which might be affected by the cyclonic storm Michaung in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. More people, especially from coastal villages, will be evacuated said Collector P. Raja Babu on December 4 (Monday).
“Officials have evacuated about 1,899 people from the coastal villages at Machilipatnam, Koduru, Kruthivennu, Nagayalanka, Avanigadda, Bantumilli and Mopidevi mandals. Instructions have been given to shift about 7,760 people more to safer places,” the Collector said.
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