Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday urged a visiting central team assessing cyclone Montha damage to recommend immediate release of relief funds, estimating the state’s losses at Rs 6,384 crore.

The team, led by Pausumi Basu, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, met Naidu at his camp office.

“Naidu urged the central team to come to the rescue of cyclone victims through their recommendations on crop and property loss due to Montha cyclone,” a press release said.

Naidu told the team that the severe cyclone had battered roads, power lines, crops, aquaculture and other sectors across the State.

A PowerPoint presentation by State officials showed that 1.6

lakh hectares of crops were damaged, nearly 10,000 houses were submerged, and 1.1 lakh families were disp

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