Rama Rao said that due to the government not taking measures to prevent mosquitoes, gross failure in sanitation management and not providing clean fresh water, people were suffering from multiple kinds of diseases.
Though initial investigations suggested that a huge gale and sudden cloud burst did the damage, a team from NRSC and IMD visited the area and collected evidence to analyze the cause of the uprooting of trees in such large numbers.
The team went into the forest for a special operation five days ago and while returning, they got stuck near the Penugolu Vagu, which was overflowing due to heavy inflow of rain water, two days ago.
