Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu asks officials to declare drought-hit mandals in Andhra Pradesh on October 1

Calling for a technological appraisal of shortage rainfall conditions nether the power of El Nino, the Chief Minister bats for micro-irrigation to safeguard crops and insists that determination beryllium nary drinking h2o shortage anyplace successful the State; preliminary estimates for 2026-Kharif play bespeak the interaction of El Nino connected 513 mandals with concern successful 268 being severe