Relief reaches 720 flood-hit families in Srikakulam’s Burja mandal; Allina causeway repaired
Flood-affected families in the Burja mandal of Srikakulam district have received essential supplies and infrastructure repairs. Local officials coordinated the distribution of food and the restoration of a critical causeway to help the community return to normalcy.
Why it matters
Effective disaster relief and infrastructure restoration are critical for the economic stability and recovery of rural agricultural communities.
About 720 families in flood-hit villages of Burja mandal in Srikakulam district have received rice and essential goods, and the damaged causeway near Allina has been repaired, as normalcy slowly returns to the area. Floods had damaged crops on over 3,000 acres in the mandal.
Amadalavalasa MLA Kuna Ravikumar and MARKFED Director Anepu Ramakrishna Naidu on Thursday (October 1, 2026) night distributed rice and other essential goods to the families in Allina, Kilantri, Narayanapuram, Neeladevapuram and other villages. Every affected family was given a 25-kg bag of rice, red gram, sugar, edible oil and vegetables.
“We requested the government to provide input subsidy quickly so that the farmers would overcome their financial hurdles to some extent,” Mr. Ramakrishna Naidu told The Hindu over telephone on Friday.
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