Overview
- Andhra Pradesh has sought ₹901.4 crore in immediate central assistance after revising total losses from Cyclone Montha to ₹6,384 crore.
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asked the visiting team to recommend quick fund release and pressed for rain-affected paddy procurement and coastal erosion works.
- Officials detailed sectoral damage across 24 districts, including crops over 1.61 lakh acres, horticulture in 6,250 hectares, fish ponds across 3,063 hectares, 4,566 houses, 1,853 schools, 4,794 km of roads, 311 bridges, and thousands of irrigation structures.
- The state reported three deaths, 9,960 houses submerged, and 1,11,402 people displaced, and it deployed 12 NDRF and 13 SDRF teams, 2,471 relief camps, and 680 drones for monitoring and assessment.
- In Prakasam district, 12,570 hectares of crops were damaged with cotton worst hit at 8,313 hectares, while neighboring Telangana released ₹12.99 crore for immediate aid and is seeking ₹117.76 crore from NDRF for losses over about 1.18 lakh acres.