Andhra Pradesh Government in a first of its kind launched a portal for a cyclone. It is known that Andhra Pradesh was hit by severe cyclone storm Hudhud. Inorder to systematically address the grievances and streamline the relief activities taken up by the government, AP Government launched hudhud portal. People can visit the website www.hudhud.ap.gov.in and register their complaints or suggestions.
Parakala Prabhakar, advisor to AP Government launched the website. The website contained photos of destruction caused by hudhud and showed how Andhra Pradeh looked before and after hudhud hit. Parakala said due to Government’s quick response Visakhapatnam is coming back to normalcy. He said people can contact the website for skilled plumbers, carpenters etc and if someone needs them they can register their names and Govt will send the information and also the persons by bearing the labour charges.
He said in another two days, power supply will be restored. He said Hudhud claimed 50 lives. In a press release Govt said “People can send pictures for the web portal through Whatsapp to these numbers: 7893699024, 8978208690, 8978213563, 9618536805,”