Congress Demands Government Declare Rains As National Calamity

Congress MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy today demanded that the union government declare the ongoing rains as a national calamity.

He also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce an aid of Rs 2,000 crore to the state.

In a tweet to the PM, he said that the entire Telangana state was inundated due to the rains, with normal life completely disrupted.

He also said that the standing crops were also badly damaged, and that the farmers of the state had sustained huge losses.

Reddy asked the PM to conduct an aerial survey of the state and see the damage for himself.

Separately, TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy gave a call to all Congress workers and leaders to extend help to all the flood-hit victims of the state.

He asked them to visit all the flood-affected areas and take up rescue operations.