PWD and Irrigation Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav has ordered the officials in-charge of the flood-affected areas to ensure that all the victims get proper medication and other relief materials or else strict action would be taken against the officials concerned.
He said, in a statement issued here on Sunday, after visiting the flood-affected regions of Sidharth Nagar and lakhimpur Khiri in Uttar Pradesh. “No one should starve in flood-hit regions. The Government has enough food stock and officials should distribute the same among the people. This is the responsibility of the district magistrates to ensure that the SDMs visit flood-hit blocks and distribute food and water in the relief camps,” he said. In Sidharth Nagar, he held a meeting with the district officials and other people representatives, including MPs and legislators.
He also asked Sidharth Nagar DM to present a deatiled report about flood relief works in the region to the Government within 15 days.“This Government is committed to provide all the help possible to those affected. The victims will not only get food but also shelter. Adequate compensation would be paid to the people who lose their family members or animals in the flood,” Yadav said.Meanwhile, water in all the major rivers have started receding. The Ghaghra, Sharda and its tributaries are now flowing below the danger mark and people are living in make-shift camps.
“With receding water levels, there is a threat of epidemic in these regions. The Chief Medical Officers have been instructed to provide all medicines in the camps. Free healthcare facilities would be provided,” Yadav declared. In Khiri, he asked the Basic Shiksha Adhikary to start schools where water has receded. Get the compound of the school cleared and start teaching in those schools,” he said. He also declared that there is no paucity of funds and the Government is ready to provide all help to flood victims.