In order to provide relief to families who were affected by incessant rain in the district, Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam has established Disaster Control Centre on Sunday. The affected families have been advised to call on telephone number 0135- 2726066 and officials deputed will address their grievances.
Purushottam said that chief medical officer, project director, Public Works Department engineers, district Food and Civil Supply officer, MDDA secretary and other officers have been deputed in the centre and have been directed to address the grievances of the affected people. In view of the continuing rain being experienced here since Saturday, the DM has suspended leave of the district officials for the next four days.
The officials appointed have been directed to ensure completion of assigned works efficiently. Medical team has also been deployed. ITBP personnel have been deployed at Rishikesh for rescuing affected persons there. DM inspected the affected areas on Sunday and told the affected people to take shelter in safe areas. He also inspected the Bindal and Rispana river areas after which he directed 250 persons in areas threatened by flood to shift to the temporary shelter at Janpath complex. The district food and civil supply officer has been directed to arrange food grains for them.
19 families living along the Rispana are directed to vacate their homes immediately and sub divisional magistrate was directed to provide them alternative shelter at THDC Kedarpuran while 250 persons affected by rain in Mussoorie have been directed to take shelter at Gurudwara and Mussoorie SDM is directed to arrange food. Three persons in Premnagar died when their ceiling collapsed, Government declared compensation of Rs 3 lakh per person.