thunderstorm369 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Posted October 4, 2009 Lok Satta President Jayaprakash Narayan today said satellite phones and diesel generators should be provided on a war footing to the offices of Collectors, Superintendents of Police, power generation and transmission centers, hospitals and relief camps in flood-affected areas. In a statement here, he appealed to VIPs and also ordinary people to refrain from visiting the flood-hit areas as such visits would merely disrupt and delay rescue and relief operations. Only relief workers and transport vehicles carrying relief material should be encouraged to move freely, he said, adding Kurnool was inundated because of heavy flows from the river Tungabhadra and the Handri. However, situation had eased once these flows had abated, he added. JP said people should heed to the Government warnings and move to safer places as people of Krishna and Guntur districts were still not out of danger in wake of continuing inflows into the river from upstream and heavy rains within the state. There was the danger of the state facing a grave power crisis, with flood waters disrupting power generation at Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar and Vijayawada Thermal Power Station, Dr Narayan said, adding it was now clear that the Right Bank Power Station at Srisailam would remain submerged and out of commission for several weeks. People would also be exposed to the risk of consuming contaminated and unsafe drinking water and falling ill, he said and asked the Government to be ready with a contingency plan to meet the likely power crisis. Stating that water purification plants should be established and water purification tablets and 'PUR' sachets of UNICEF should be supplied to the affected people, Dr Narayan said once the floods receded, the Government should focus on constructing ring bunds to tanks and restoration of roads.
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