Hudhud cyclone hits Visakhapatnam Gitam university ,the winds with 200 kmph speed creates panic in students. The impact of the cyclone is so high that thousands of trees and current polls have been uprooted. A GITAM University student recorded the visuals of Hudhud cyclone and this footage has gone viral with electronic media’s airing it. Imagine the impact when the wind speed is over 200 kmph? This visuals in this video isn’t even 1% of the devastation which took place in Vizag due to nature’s fury. But, Its shows the magnitude of Hudhud cyclone.

Hudhud cyclone hits Visakhapatnam:

Vishakhapatnam the city of destiny was left in chaos in the aftermath of the natural disaster Unplugged Power poles uprooted trees are the common scenes But one of the most affected areas are the Gitam University. The city of destiny was left in chaos in the aftermath of the natural disaster. Unplugged Power poles, uprooted trees are the common scenes. But one of the most affected areas are the Gitam University.

By Monday morning, the ferocious Hudhud had left Visakhapatnam for the northern leg of its journey in India. But the news failed to soothe the tense nerves of anxious family members, who, cooped up in their homes in various parts of the country, impatiently waiting for their telephones to ring and bring them news about their dear ones’ safety, in the devastated city. With mobile networks continuing to remain erratic and landline connections snapping from time to time, the kin and kith were left in sheer despair, only praying that the cyclone hadn’t been too harsh on their loved ones.

“The last I got in touch with my father and in-laws was at 10 am on Sunday. Since then, I have not heard from them,” shared Ratnakar Sadasyula from Hyderabad, who spent all of Monday trying to get any possible update he could from Vizag, so as to gauge just how severe the situation was. His family resides in Visalakshinagar and MVP Colony. “I managed to get in touch with my uncle who said that the situation is extremely bad and the people are reeling under severe crisis of essentials. No milk, water, power,” Sadasyula said.

Gitam  University Badly Hitted :

In the eastern city of Kolkata, Aramita Banerjee and her family too spent restless moments, eagerly lapping up any information about the situation in Vizag. “My sister lives on the Beach Road there. While we did manage to speak with her over the landline on Sunday, we can’t be at peace unless there is some normalcy restored in the city,” Banerjee said over social media, adding, “She told us that buildings have been damaged and the situation on ground is quite severe. We are praying that she is safe.”

Not as lucky were the family and friends of Subhomoy Datta, a second year student of Gitam University, who was ‘not reachable’ since Sunday. Desperate relatives failing to establish any communication with him, eventually turned to social networking to spread the message and appeal to people to inform them in case they had any news. “Subhamoy Datta 2yr MSc student from Gitam University. Not reachable since morning. If you know him please ask him to call his dad. Urgent,” was a post by Geetanjali Dhar doing the rounds of Twitter all through Monday. Till late evening, there seemed to be no news of the boy.

Sadly though, theirs’ was not the only story of helplessness.
The Hudhud cyclone severely damaged the lush green GITAM campus. Trees, communication networks, computers, laboratory equipment, crores of worth solar panels, water tanks, indoor stadium were badly affected by the cyclonic storm.

Vishakhapatnam the city Hudhud Cyclone Effect:

The green campus which is located just a kilometre away from the sea cost is surrounded by hills was the main cyclone hitting place in the city. The entire green campus completely lost its charm and the canteens, tennis court, health centre totally were smashed by the cyclonic winds. Particularly the newly constructed GITAM hospital is the worst affected area in the campus. The valuable medical equipment have been partially damaged and the rooftops inside the hospital and front elevation were dislocated during the cyclonic storm.

The university officials estimated that the total loss may reach Rs 200 crores. It is also estimated that it will take as many as 30 years to bring back scenic beauty of the university. The University announced holidays to students up to October 26.

Vice-chancellor prof G Subrahmanyam, pro vice-chancellor prof D Harinarayana, registrar prof M Potharaju and the university engineering department reviewed the situation here on Tuesday.

The university hopes to rebuild the campus with greenery and is taking the help of faculty as well as from NSS volunteers to clean the campus.

Even as the district administration has declared that all education institutions will remain closed till October 24, Andhra University (AU) and Gitam University have declared holidays till October 26. And with varsities like Gitam evacuating hostels, the outstation students find themselves in a fix — they can neither go home as the roads are blocked and transport services are suspended, and at the same time, they don’t have any place to stay in the city.

N Subhash, a third-year engineering student of Gitam, who hails from Khammam said: “They have asked us to evacuate the hostel as they are running out of diesel. But we have nowhere to go. At best I can stay with friends for a day as I have no relatives. We are planning to go to the RTC campus or the railway station where we can find refuge on the platform till we find a ride out of the city.”