Sonia undertakes aerial survey of flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad:Congress President Sonia Gandhi today undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh. Sonia Gandhi was accompanied
by State Chief Minister K Rosaiah and State Congress President D Srinivas. Though
the flood situation is improving in Kurnool and Mahaboobnagar, but hundreds of
villages in Krishna, Guntur and Nalgonda are still inundated. The State Government
has announced an exgratia of one lakh rupees to the families of victims and immediate
assistance in cash and kind to the families who lost their homes. Heavy rains
have also lashed the districts in Konkan and southern Maharashtra.
