With Uttarakhand in the grip of flood fury, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday met his Uttarakhand counterpart Vijay Bahuguna at Dehradun and assured all help for relief and rescue operations of the people affected by the devastation. He left his helicopter at the disposal of Uttarakhand Government for the relief operations.
Hooda said the Haryana Government would soon dispatch 50,000 blankets for the affected people. On behalf of the people of Haryana, the State unit of Pradesh Congress is also providing one Falcon Jet Aircraft for relief operations, he added.
Haryana Chief Secretary PK Chaudhery also met his counterpart in Uttarakhand, Subhash Kumar to discuss about the assistance, which could be extended by State Government in this hour of need.
The State Government has also set up two control rooms each at Dehradun and Rishikesh for providing necessary help to the stranded people belonging to Haryana.
Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Krishna Mohan said the State Government will bear the cost of treatment provided to the people of the State affected in this devastation. On the basis of the calls made in these centres, a list of the missing persons has been prepared which has the names, addresses and the place at Uttarakhand from where stranded people have made telephone call besides their origin and the destination of the journey. The list would be given to the Uttarakhand Government to receive information about the missing persons. The same would then be disseminated to the concerned on the whereabouts of stranded people belonging to Haryana.
The Centre at Rishikesh has been set up at Jai Ram Ashram, which is headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Jairam Gehlawat, who could be contacted at mobile number +91-8398000608. This centre is coordinating with the Uttarakhand administration in rescuing and providing necessary help to the stranded people from Haryana.
Another team headed by PK Das, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry (+91-9814213797) and revenue and police officials is at Dehradun to provide help to the people from Haryana who have been stranded at various places in affected areas. Also, Rs10 lakh has been sent for immediate medical treatment of affected persons at Dehradun centre. This team is making transport arrangements for sending them back to their respective destinations in the State.
Krishna Mohan said cabs would be provided for the
transportation of sick and ailing persons.