TDP asks govt to take up flood relief work

Hyderabad, Sep 19 (UNI) Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu today asked the government to provide relief to the people of the flood-affected areas in North Telagnana and Coastal Andhra.

Speaking to newsmen here, Mr Naidu said 80 per cent of the villages in Karimangar District were inundated and 400 streams breached the embankments. Crops suffered heavy damages during the incessant rainfall.

Stating he would visit the district in two days, the TDP Chief said the party was also monitoring the 'grim' situation in flood affected districts.

The government should provide drinking water, food and medicines as immediate relief to the people, he said.

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