This special report focuses on the aftermath of Cyclone Montha in seven coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and the disaster management efforts led by the government of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. An official stated, 'he has established the RTG center...he wanted to bring all the information from every department...to the one room and he was able to give them the instructions back.' The report details how the state administration, leveraging technology through the Real-Time Governance (RTG) Centre, managed relief and restoration works. It draws comparisons to past calamities like the 1996 cyclone, Hudhud, and Titli, highlighting the evolution of disaster response in the state. The government's preparedness, including the deployment of NDRF and SDRF teams and mobilisation of resources to mitigate damage and restore essential services like electricity, is also examined.
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