The Uttar Pradesh Government issued directives to the officials concerned to check the spread of diseases in flood-hit districts even as four more people died in rain-related incidents during the last 24 hours taking the toll to 145.
Medical, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ahmad Hassan said the Government was taking all steps to check the spread of mosquito-borne
diseases in the districts that were affected by floods. He asked the chief medical officers of the affected districts to take all necessary steps in this regard and ensure that there was no shortage of medicines.
“As many as 18 districts of the state are reeling under flood condition. There should be no scarcity of medicines and shortage of medical staff,” Hassan said in his directives. The Minister said that 241 flood chowkis (posts) had been set up and over 300 teams of doctors had been pressed into service in the
flood-hit districts and so far they had treated over 78,000 people.
Meanwhile, four persons were killed in rain-related incidents as moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of the state on Wednesday.
Three persons were killed in Pilibhit and one in Sitapur, an officialsaid. The Met office has predicted rain and thundershowers at many places with heavy rainfall at one or two place in the next 48 hours. According to the Central Water Commission, major rivers continued to flow above the danger mark at number of places in the state.
The Ganga was flowing close to the danger mark at Fatehgarh, Ankin Ghat and Kanpur, was rising from Phaphamau in Allahabad to Ballia, the
Central Water Commission said in a bulletin. The river Sharda was flowing above the red mark at Palia Kalan and was close to the danger mark at Shardanagar. The Ghagra was flowing above the red mark at Elgin Bridge in Barabanki, Ayodhya and Turtipar in Ballia, officials said, adding that the Rapti was also flowing near the danger mark at Shrawasti, Balrampur, Bansi and Birdghat (Gorakhpur).