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CM takes stock of rain situation
The Hindu
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday took stock of the situation in the State due to heavy rains, along with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar. Mr Rao directed the CS to take all necessary precaut
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday took stock of the situation in the State due to heavy rains, along with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar.
Mr Rao directed the CS to take all necessary precautions against any loss of life or property due to heavy rain across the State that is expected to continue for another two days due to the impact of Cyclone Gulab. The CM caleld for the Revenue, Police, and other departments to work in coordination.
Meanwhile, Mr Somesh Kumar again held a teleconference with District Collectors and asked them to remain vigilant in the wake of warnings of heavy rains from the Meteorological Department. DGP M. Mahender Reddy, Special Chief Secretary, Roads and Buildings Sunil Sharma, Panchayati Raj Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania and Disaster Management Secretary Rahul Bojja were also present at the conference.
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When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.