The central team will visit the areas affected by Cyclone Murasu

After touring the districts affected by Cyclone Arnab, Team Central will revisit Andhra Pradesh to go through the districts affected by Cyclone Murasu to assess the damage.

According to a statement issued by the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, a seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), led by Chittaranjan Das, Joint Secretary, Union Home Ministry, will visit the four cyclone-affected districts of Palnadu, Bapatla, Eluru and East Godavari.

In a report, APSDMA executive director Prakhar Jain said the Union government had appointed the same team that was tasked with assessing the damage caused by Arnab to also assess the losses caused by Murasu.

The team will split into two groups during field visits. On Friday, the first team will visit Bapatla district while the second team will visit Eluru district. On Saturday, the first team will visit Palnadu and the second team will inspect the damage in East Godavari district.

The team is also likely to meet Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday.

The seven-member team comprises Prashant Armorikar, Commissioner for Further Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Rekha Rani Kollu, Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti; Himalaya Garg, Deputy Director, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance; Shashank Shekhar Rai, Executive Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Alok Jawahar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development; Pranay Garg, Deputy Director, Ministry of Power; and SVSP Sharma, Scientist ‘SF’, National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), ISRO.

Published – 12 Nov 2026 23:41 IST