Team News Riveting
Hyderabad, July 26
Telangana government has swung into action to deal to any eventuality in wake of flood-like situation prevailing in some parts of the state.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar held a teleconference with all the District Collectors and senior officials today following the directions of the Chief Minister, K Chandrashekar Rao. Kumar informed that the Chief Minister, who is in Delhi, has been closely monitoring the heavy rainfall situation in the state.
Chief Secretary directed all the officials to be on high alert and ensure that there is no loss of human life. He mentioned about the flow in the Musi that has resulted in huge inflow of water into Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar.
The MD Water Board has been asked to work in close coordination with GHMC and regularly monitor the water flow in these tanks. Relief camps have already been identified by the GHMC and if needed, affected people will be shifted to these camps, he said.
Similarly, all the district collectors were told to be vigilant regarding causeways, low lying areas, breaches to roads and tanks. All officials have to be stationed in their headquarters and any untoward incident has to be brought to the notice immediately for taking necessary action. All the line departments should work in close coordination, he added.
Special CS MA&UD Arvind Kumar, Additional DG Jitender, CDMA Satyanarayana, GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar, MD Water Board Danakishore, Secretary PR&RD Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Secretary Disaster Management Rahul Bojja, and other officials participated in the teleconference.
