The Chittoor district administration on December 3 (Sunday) evening set up a control room with helpline numbers 9491077018 and 9885738918, in view of the heavy rain forecast under the influence Cyclone Michaung.
Revenue officials said that all the staff of the village and ward secretariats in the district had been put on alert and instructed to contact the nodal officers of their respective mandals in case of any emergency. Meteorology officials have forecast heavy rainfall in the eastern mandals of Karveti Nagaram, Nagari, Nindra, Vijayapuram and Sri Rangaraja Puram in the coming 48 hours.
On Sunday (December 3), Karveti Nagaram mandal received 95 mm rainfall, followed by Nagari (94.2 mm), Nindra (86.6 mm), and SR Puram (85 mm). Thirty of the total 31 mandals in the district recorded rain, while the tail-end Kuppam manal received zero precipitation.
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