With 58 people have lost their lives due to consistent rain in the State during last 48-hours, chief minister Yogi Adityanath issued second warning to the officials since Friday, asking them to pass on the necessary help as early as possible besides taking necessary steps to avert loss of lives. The maximum causalities have been reported from Saharanpur so far where 11 persons lost their lives followed by 10 in Meerut.
In fresh advisory issued by the government on Saturday morning, the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed senior officials of all districts to alert people and asked them to undertake extensive tours in the affected areas and identify dilapidated buildings, and get them vacated, so that loss of human lives could be averted. Directives have also been issued to extend prompt monetary assistance to those who have been severely affected by rains and also provide medical treatment to those who require it.
Relief Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar, while confirming that they already took damage control exercise in the rain affected areas, compensation to family members of 4 victims in Agra, two in Mainpuri and one in Hapur has been already handed over by them. He said that efforts were also on to extend the same help to the other families who lost their kin or relatives in the rain related incidents.
So far 58 people had lost their lives in the last 48 hours with Saharanpur accounting for the maximum 11 deaths, followed by 10 in Meerut as heavy rains wreaked havoc in different parts of the state. While six deaths have been reported from Agra, four have died in Mainpuri, three each in Muzaffarnagar and Kasganj, two each in Bareilly, Amroha, Baghpat and Bulandshahr and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Mathura, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Rae Bareli, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Banda, Firozabad, Amethi, Kanpur and Philibhit. Over five dozen persons were also injured and were admitted in separate hospitals in the State. State government is trying to extend all medical help to them.
The MeT Department here has warned of heavy to very heavy rains/ thundershowers in Sonebhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Ballia, Maunath Bhanjan, Azamgarh, Deoria districts and its adjoining areas, a spokesperson of the Relief Commissioner’s Office said here. About 23 cm of rainfall was recorded in Meerut, 13 cm each in Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar, 10 cm in Bijnore, 8 cm in Moradabad, 7 cm in Etawah, 6 cm each in Hardoi and Baheri, 5 cm each in Kannauj, Gautam Budhnagar, Pilibhit and Bareilly, he said. A Central Water Commission (CWC) bulletin said the Sharda and Ghaghra rivers were flowing at dangerous levels, especially at Palia Kalan and Elgin Bridge (Barabanki), respectively.