A central team will arrive in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on February 8 and 9 to assess the damage caused to crops and property due to rains.

The District Joint Collector, Mr K. Sasidhar, said the inter-ministerial team is visiting for the second time to assess the damage suffered on account of the November and December rains.

The team will arrive in Kakinada on February 8 and the next day, will visit the rain-affected areas of Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural and Kothapalli mandals and the photo exhibition of the rain-affected roads and crops at Kakinada.

It will meet the agricultural, irrigation, road and building officials to know the damage and leave for Visakhapatnam later, an official said here.

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