616 fishing boats from Kakinada have reached the shores, says Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana

Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development P. Narayana has claimed that 616 boats, including mechanized boats engaged in fishing in the Bay of Bengal, have returned safely from the sea by Monday (October 27) in response to a call to suspend fishing activity in the Kakinada district. The fisherfolk of Kakinada coast venture into the sea for fishing and depend on the harbours of Machilipatnam and Nizampatnam for fish landing facility.

In a meeting on preparedness with the MLAs and Members of Parliament here on Monday, Mr. Narayana has claimed that all the fishermen who ventured into the sea for fishing have landed safely and returned to the Kakinada coast. 

1000 personnel from Rayalaseema

On measures to tackle the cyclone after the landfall, Mr. Narayana said that 1000 staff of the Electricity department serving in the Rayalaseema region arrived in Kakinada district for the electricity restoration drive.

“We have a sufficient number of Electricity department personnel to complete the restoration drive along the Kakinada coast once the cyclone makes its landfall,” said Mr. Narayana. 

Kakinada District Collector S. Shan Mohan, Kakinada Rajya Sabha MP Sana Sateesh, Kakinada City MLA Tangella Uday Srinivas, Special Officer V.R. Krishna Teja joined in the preparedness activities.