AP: IMCT visits Anantapur district to assess drought

Anantapur, Nov 2 (UNI) Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) is visiting some of the drought affected mandals in the district to assess the crop loss due to drought in Andhra Pradesh. The IMCT members led by Chinmay Gotmare, Joint Secretary in the union Ministry of Agriculture saw the photos exhibition illustrating the drought in the district. A review meeting was held led by the IMCT for which Director of the Agriculture Department, Manazir Jilani Samoon, Dr. K. Ponnuswamy (representing the Government of India), District Collector O. Anand, Joint Collector C. Vishnu Charan, Prabha Kanti, AD Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre,…