Teams from World Bank and ADB now on a visit here have assured the Andhra Pradesh Government to assist the State in Cyclone Hudhud rehabilitation works.

The World Bank Country Director Omno Rahl and Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Theresakho today called on State Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao at the secretariat for an update on the relief and rehabilitation works of the cyclone Hudhud damages in the state.

During the meeting some of the Secretaries made presentations on cyclone Hudhud relief and rehabilitation works.

The World Bank team lead by Tarun Bajaj, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs participated in an hour long presentations by Secretaries on the rehabilitation works of cyclone.

The Chief Secretary convened a meeting of Secretaries of all departments connected with the rehabilitation and relief works of the cyclone to appraise the World Bank delegation on the task ahead in rehabilitation works.

The senior officials of the departments of Energy, Infrastructure, Housing, R&B, Forest, MA&UD, Panchayat Raj and Irrigation made presentations on the impact of Hudhud Cyclone and loss of public property faced by the state.

The officials are on a mission to assess the damages caused by the cyclone and to offer assistance for rehabilitation and construction of infrastructures. They promised to take the dialogue further and prepare a road map project for assisting the Cyclone affected areas with special focus on priority areas suggested by the AP government.