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AP News: A team of central government officials formed on cyclone damage and drought estimates met with Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Along with CM Jagan, high officials of the state government also participated in this meeting. The central government has formed two teams of officials to deal with the situation of cyclone Michoung and drought which has had a severe impact on AP. To this extent, the central team discussed the points identified at the field level. A group of central officials who toured the cyclone-affected areas explained to CM Jagan the conditions they saw. A team of central officials has clarified that due to the early warning of the state government, loss of life and property could have been avoided. On this occasion, the center team said that there is a strong system at the village level in the form of secretariats. The team said that the methods followed at the field level in case of disaster are better. The central team said that there is no such system as e-cropping in AP in the country and said that these should be followed in other states and they will inform the respective governments. A comprehensive report on crop damage and infrastructure damage caused by Cyclone Michoung will be submitted to the Centre.
We talked to the farmers and learned their hardships: The officials of the central team explained to CM Jagan the points they examined. The central team explained that the tour started from Anantapur district and they visited a total of seven districts. A team of central government officials said that the members who visited Anantapur, Kurnool, Nandyala, Sathyasai, Chittoor, Annamaiya and NTR districts inspected the crops damaged due to lack of rain and talked to the local farmers and learned about their hardships. Discussions were held on agriculture, horticultural crops, livestock, drinking water etc. The central team said that they have seen the condition of water resources, the condition of water levels in the reservoirs, and also examined the employment guarantee scheme, RBKs, free crop insurance, DBT schemes, input subsidy, distribution of seeds under contingency, setting up of milk collection centers as part of Amul’s milk flood program, and the system of village secretariats. The programs are very good. The central team said that it is commendable to provide farmer assurance to the tenant farmers as well. The central team suggested to create awareness among the farmers to shift towards alternative crops other than paddy. The central government has suggested to shift to other crops like paddy, millets and millets. Officials explained the programs undertaken by the state government on the same issue. The state officials also gave details to the central team about the working days being provided under the employment guarantee scheme. The state government officials have asked the state government officials to ensure that the pending employment guarantee scheme works bills reach the state immediately. Officials explained that they are buying discolored and stained grain due to the storm. Officials asked the central team that they have already requested the Center for some relaxations in this regard and to ensure that they come as soon as possible.
Highly transparent system: CM Jagan explained the steps taken in the cyclone affected areas. The CM disclosed that not only the people of the affected areas have been moved to relief camps but they have also been provided with immediate assistance, the storm naturally crosses the coast in some area, but this storm moved along the coast and caused widespread rains in the coastal area, due to which the crops were damaged. Officials said that the state government machinery is already roaming around the cyclone-affected areas and assessing the damage. The CM said that there is an effective system like e-cropping in their state, the lists of the farmers who have lost will be put in the village secretariats for social audit, and if there is no name of a farmer who has lost, the CM is implementing a highly transparent system to correct it immediately, and there are systems in the state to support the farmers till the end, due to which the help and compensation provided to the farmers is very transparent to the farmers. It will reach. The CM asked the central government to make recommendations to the state to help the state generously as he had visited the field and seen it himself.
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