EFFECT OF FLOODS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

In Anndhra Pradesh 11 districts are affected by floods. Among them five districts are worstly affected. They are Kurnool, Mahaboob Nagar , Guntur, Prakasam, kadapa. Total state wide 41 people were died.

Floods affected 30,000 Acres of cultivated land in Andhra Pradesh. Particularly in Kurnool district 27,000 hectares land has affected. Presently 26 urban colonies in kurnool town still under flood water .At Nandyal division Rs.5.5 Crore worth crop has been collapsed. Dalita wada of nandyal town totally damaged. Nearly six thousand people of daliths are shelterless. The folk of prakasam district are also facing the same problem.
In Guntur district nearly 887 hectares of cotton crop, 220 hectares of groundnut crop is drowned, another 1310 fertile fields are covered with sand.
State wide heavy rains damaged 942 irrigation sources, i.e. rivers, canals, tanks, ponds, check dams. Only at Nandyal division 100 tanks were breached. In Prakasam districts also most of the irrigation sources breached, which caused a lot of loss to commercial crops.

Electricity is also affected by floods. Officially Government has announced that 1453 connections were de-connected due to heavy rains. Particularly at Mahboob Nagar district Vanaparthi area roughly 40 tribal villages are in dark from past 4 nights.

Totally in Andhra Pradesh a loss of 47,059 livestock has taken place. Particularly at Guntur district 170 domestic and milching animals were dead which worth nearly Rs. 8.5 lakhs. It is in severe range in Kurnool and Mahaboob Nagar. It is necessary for us to take immediate precautions to save the remaining livestock because it is the main income source of poor like Dalits and Tribes.

· Weavers are also affected. Loom-pits are filled with flood water. Due to this rain the thread became unable to weave.
· At Kurnool town 2000 tanning families are affected by these floods. nearly 20,000 leathers which are ready for sale have affected by fungus due to rains.
· The rain water has wetted 2215 tons of cattle feed and it is dibbled. And most of the cattle sheds are also heavily damaged. Means these many poor people lost their livelihood.


Due to these heavy rains Andhra Pradesh state wide 1,87,201 houses are affected. Among them majority of houses belong to Dalit and Tribal families.
· In this 1,87,201 houses ,12,686 houses have washed out totally . this caused the tribe to scatter to different places.
· 1,56,909 houses are collapsed. They are not at all useful to reside, means these many families became houseless.
· 15,606 houses are partially damaged, means these houses are main with half covered roofs and walls. Means compulsory they should rebuild. From past 5 days 1,87,201 families are suffering from hunger.
· Particularly Gadwal division of Mahboob Nagar district 880 families became houseless and foodless. Most of these are poor Dalits.In this division 140 houses were washed out, 429 were collapsed.
· In this situation the first and foremost sufferers are children. Students in social welfare hostels of 5 districts have attacked by viral diseases. At least these children have parents who take care of them. But it is very horrible situation of 5,000 RBC students of Kurnool district, who have joined in this hostels recently. All these were street children.

ESTIMATION OF FLOOD REVIVE:

· In this connection to revive the loss of state an amount of Rs.492.25 is necessary to fulfill the damages. From these 205.65 crores are nessary to spend on restoring the roads for transportation.
· there is a necessity of Rs.61.41crores for irrigation sector like reconstruction of banks of ponds, cannals and tanks to stop the rain water flow into villages.
· To conduct health camps, to engage the staff and to take some primary, precautionary measures Rs.8.45crores is necessary.
· To restore and assist the fisherman community (for nets& boats etc) Rs.1.30crores are necessary as estimated by the Government.




· There is a necessity of Rs.4.69crores to rebuild the sheds of cattle and to restore the other livestock.
· At Panchyatraj Rs.108.77 crores are necessary to restore roads and others transport related in full structure to give a permanent solution.
· At municipal areas Rs.74.69 crores are necessary to clean and rebuild the sanitation sources.
· At rural areas most of the school compound walls and school buildings are collapsed. To revive this 13.07crores are necessary.
And to compensate the damages of agriculture and horticulture lands the Government estimated Rs2.71crores. Government is planning to provide subsidized seeds and fertilizers and pesticides.


All the above revive estimations done by Government is only up to the areas where People can reach in this flood situation. But there are more remote areas where Government hasn’t reached and hasn’t estimated. At such remote areas mostly Dalits and Tribes are living. Our Dalit Bahujan Front activists started to serve and help the people at such remote areas. And they are estimating the damages, losses caused by floods. But it is taking time to them to pass on the information due to continuous floods. This is for your kind information.

EFFECT OF FLOOD IN PRAKASAM DISTICT TOO,


Dear Madam/Sir,
As earlier we informed you that total Andhra Pradesh is worstly affected by
floods, still it is continuing the damage. Last night we got the information by
our DBF activists, that most of Prakasam District has been damaged due to
heavy rains.8 mandals are damaged fully and 34 are partially.

Numbers of the irrigation tank bunds in this district are damaged and
that water has flown into cultivated lands and villages. This caused the high
loss in crops like sesame crops, green gram crops, which are

totally damaged. The roads are also damaged and water is over flowing on
them which effected transportation. Nearly 1234 Houses are fully damaged
and nearly 400 houses are partially damaged in this district. The rain water
has sunk most of the colonies. Still water is standing over at colony houses,
which is causing inability to cook food and reside.

Only at Ongole town 13 urban colonies and 70 to 80 slums are still under water. They have to wade waist-deep water. This is leading to spreading of insects, mosquitoes and flies, which are causing epidemic diseases. This is for your kind information.

Korivi Vinay Kumar
Administrative Office
Dalit Bahujan Front
H.No.1-3-183/40/68/c-7,
First floor,Bank colony,
opp. To MCH play ground,
Gandhi Nagar,
Hyderabad-80.
Phone/Fax: 040-27546996
Email: korivi_vinay @yahoo.com
Korivivinay @gmail.com