Heavy rains in several parts of Andhra Pradesh, triggered by a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, have claimed 36 lives even as six affected districts have been put on alert.
While 21 people died during the past three days following torrential rains, 15 were killed as lightning struck at several places during the last fortnight, Revenue Minister D Prasada Rao told reporters here today.
Kurnool and Guntur districts accounted for seven deaths each, followed by Anantapur four, Warangal two and Mahaboobnagar one.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy held a high-level meeting here to review the situation and announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh each to the families of those killed and released Rs 5.6 crores to the affected districts to take up immediate relief measures.
Control rooms had been set up at district and mandal levels and the collectors had been asked to take necessary steps to avoid breach of irrigation tanks, Rao said, adding detailed enumeration of losses to crops and public property were being carried out.
The weather office has forecast moderate to heavy rain at few places in south coastal belt and Rayalaseema regions and isolated rainfall in Telangana.
Six districts -- Kurnool, Anantapur, Karimnagar, Warangal, Guntur and Prakasam -- have been receiving heavy rainfall since the past three days.
As many as 29 relief camps have been set up to accommodate affected families from vulnerable areas. According to preliminary estimates, 7,350 houses have been marooned and crops over an extent of 16,580 hectares were damaged in rains, Rao said.
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