Tamil Nadu sends 500 staff to help Andhra Pradesh restore power
Electricity department personnel and equipment have been deployed to assist Andhra Pradesh following damage from Cyclone Murasu.
Tamil Nadu has deployed 500 electricity department personnel and essential equipment to Andhra Pradesh to help restore power disrupted by Cyclone Murasu, according to reports by Urban Acres, Deccan Chronicle and ThePrint.
Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister R Nirmal Kumar said on Monday that the staff have been organised into 25 teams to assist the neighbouring state in repairing its electricity network.
The deployment follows a request from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu stated on X that he had contacted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay to seek manpower and machinery after the cyclone damaged many power poles.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the severe cyclonic storm was moving west-northwestwards at 14 kmph. The system was located approximately 120 km east-southeast of Nellore and 170 km northeast of Chennai.
The IMD forecast that the storm will cross the South Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight on November 2 or during the early morning of November 3. Wind speeds are expected to be between 100-110 kmph, with gusts reaching 120 kmph.