GHMC begins evacuation from low-lying areas

With the Met department predicting more rain over the next couple of days, the GHMC has begun evacuating people from low-lying areas as a precautionary measure.

During the heavy rains of October 13, about 35,309 families were affected due to floods. With water from the breached Balapur bund of Gurram Cheruvu inundating downstream areas, 2,100 families were evacuated to safer places on Sunday evening.

Giving these details, GHMC commissioner D.S. Lokesh Kumar said 37,409 families were affected by flooding. CM relief kits and three blankets, worth `2,800 in all, were being distributed to the affected families.

Till now 20,000 ration kits were distributed, and the rest of the families will be covered by Monday.

Milk, bread and biscuits were also being distributed. About 90,000 meals during lunch and 60,000 meals at dinner have been distributed.

He said the GHMC engineering wing were using 202 pumps and the Disaster Response Force (DRF) 72 pumps to clear water from apartment cellars and inundated colonies.

To contain the spread of waterborne and vectorborne diseases, the entomology and DRF teams are taking up anti-larval operations, spraying of bleaching

● TILL NOW 20,000 ration kits were distributed, and another 17,000 families will be covered by Monday. Milk, bread and biscuits were also being distributed. About 90,000 meals during lunch and 60,000 meals at dinner have been distributed.

● IN THE interest of the public health, the GHMC chief appealed to the citizens to drink boiled water only so that water borne diseases and infections can be controlled.

powder and sodium hypochlorite in the cellars and inundated areas.

A special drive was conducted to remove debris, construction and demolition and household items accumulated in nalas and on roads due to the floods.

In the interest of the public health, the GHMC chief appealed to the citizens to drink boiled water only so that water borne diseases and infections can be controlled.

He said the GHMC said had intensified relief operations to bring back normalcy in areas hit by inundation in rain over the past week. Additional, zonal and deputy commissioners are in the field and monitoring relief operations and distributing relief kits to the affected people. Kumar said the GHMC is alerting its personnel and citizens about the situation regularly.