Collective responsibility to lend a helping hand to people affected by floods, says Union Minister G Kishan Reddy
The Hindu
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy urges collective support for flood victims in Khammam district, emphasizing immediate relief measures.
Expressing concern over the widespread devastation caused by the recent heavy rain and floods in parts of Khammam district, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has said that it is the collective responsibility of all to come forward to the aid of flood victims.
“Many have lost their houses and all their belongings. They are struggling to come to terms with the massive destruction caused by nature’s fury,” he said after visiting the flood-affected Dhamsalapuram colony in Khammam town and Rakasi thanda, a tribal village in Tirumalayapalem mandal on Sunday (September 8, 2024).
The Union Minister was accompanied by Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and others.
The need of the hour is to implement relief measures on a war footing to provide immediate succour to the flood victims and mitigate their ordeal, he added.
The Central government will extend full support to the State in flood relief and rehabilitation efforts, he asserted, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already spoken to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on the flood havoc in the State.
Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar have also conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Telangana, he noted.
The affected people are reeling under the devastating effects of last week’s floods and some are spending anxious moments with their babies in front of their damaged houses, he said referring to the agony of the flood victims.