Senior members of the medical fraternity expressed serious concern at the maintenance of the cold-chain system and potency of the various <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/power-bandh-impacts-vaccine-preservation/article5216829.ece> vaccines meant for infants and pregnant mothers</a>, in the wake of the uncertain power supply and transportation bandh due to Samaikhyandra agitation. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
Two days of blackout in Visakhapatnam has led to a <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/demand-for-inverters-generators-goes-up/article5217200.ece>spurt in the demand for inverters and generators</a> in the city. Photo: K. Pichumani
With over Rs. 65,000 crore loss in terms of finances and 16,325 human deaths, <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rice-bowl-of-country-worst-hit-by-cyclones/article5228466.ece>Andhra Pradesh</a>, the rice bowl of the country is the worst hit State in India, by cyclones since 1977.