Although there was no severe hardship to the public and damage to private properties, public life has been completely thrown out of gear for the last two days.
Heavy downpour continued in three districts such as Srikakulam, Vizinagaram and Parvatipuram with the impact of Asani cyclone.
Although there was no severe hardship to the public and damage to private properties, public life was completely thrown out of gear for the last two days.
Heavy vehicles on the Chennai-Kolkata highway were stopped at different places of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. The sea has been rough all along 180 km sea coast of Srikakulam district.
A gold coated Ceremonial chariot was washed ashore reached sea coast near Sunnapalli village of Santabommali mandal of Srikakulam district. Control rooms
Marine police personnel who reached the spot felt that it could have come from another country with the impact of cyclone.
Srikakulam Collector Shrikesh B. Lathkar, along with other officials reviewed the situation and the need to take up relief operations if necessary.
Heavy vehicles on the Chennai-Kolkata highway were stopped at different places of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. The sea has been rough all along 180 km sea coast of Srikakulam district.
Mr.Shrikesh told The Hindu, that the entired district administration would be on alert till the cyclone warning was withdrawn by Indian Meteorological Department.
He said that a control room (08942-240557) had been set up in the Collector’s office. Volunteers’were asked to inform the ground-level situation to higher officials of the respective mandals on hourly basis, he said. Heavy downpour continued in Vizianagaram and other parts of the district.
Vizianagaram Collector A.Suryakumari urged people not to come out from homes till next couple of days unless it was very important. She said that the control rooms were set up in all mandals to monitor the situation.
Parvatipuram Collector Nishant Kumar said that the situation was being monitored regularly with the support of control room set up in his office (08963-293046) located at Parvatipuram town.
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