India, Oct. 29 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that the severe cyclonic storm Montha that hit the Andhra Pradesh coast a day before has claimed two lives and that the precautionary measures minimised losses.

To restore damaged electricity infrastructure, 10,000 people were kept on standby, promising that normalcy will be restored by Wednesday afternoon, CM Naidu said, according to PTI.

"If we work in the same way for another two days, we can give much relief to people. Due to the cyclone, two persons died," Naidu said as he called on the entire government machinery to continue their efforts for another two days and restore normalcy as soon as possible.

According to the official release cited by PT...