Flood relief measures: HC directs TS to file comprehensive report by Monday

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the Telangana government to file a comprehensive report by Monday on the flood relief measures taken up by the state government following the recent spell of heavy rains.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar sought details such as how many villages were inundated and what relief measures had been taken daily. The court asked the government to specify it had provided any relief or compensation to the victims as per the policy of National Disaster Management Authority.

The bench pointed out the government not issuing official notes on the loss of lives.

The bench was dealing with the PIL filed by Congress leader Cheruku Sudhakar and others in 2020 over compensation not being provided to flood victims and to farmers for crop loss. Again on Friday, they moved a fresh interim application before the court regarding the ongoing floods.

Chikkudu Prabhakar, counsel for the petitioners, sought a direction to the state government to evacuate the flood-affected persons to safer places and to extend the compensation to the dependants of those who lost their lives.