Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state government will provide additional funds for rehabilitation of flood-affected people which would include construction of damaged houses and compensation for the loss of standing crops. Yogi made the announcement during his visit to flood-affected areas of Basti,. Ambedkar Nagar and Gorakhpur on Thursday.
“Both the Central and the state governments are alive to the problems of flood-affected people. Even as the state has enough funds at its disposal, the Centre has promised additional funds if the state asked for it. This is the government’s commitment to extend all possible help to the affected people,” Yogi said in a meeting at Faizabad.
The CM said that the state will provide compensation for construction of houses and damaged crops and officials have been asked to survey extent of damaged crops so that the compensation could be disbursed within 15 days.
“I also know that farmers have lost their cattle and livetsock and such farmers will also be adequately compensated,” the Chief Minister said.
“These floods are recurring tragedies which affect farmers every year. This time the flood has been caused by release of undeclared water by Nepal. The UP Government has asked the Union Government to make plan to control floods in eastern UP. We need to talk to the Nepalese government which should be done immediately,” Yogi said.
The CM asked officials in Faizabad, Basti and Gorakhpur to be sensitive towards the flood victims and ensure that they got adequate food grains. “As the water start receding, fields will become breeding grounds for mosquitoes and there will be a threat of epidemic. Chlorine, bleaching powder and other medicines including anti-snake venom be made available in the hospitals,” he said.
“I am told that the Health department has appointed 425 doctors for flood-affected regions. The district administration and the CMO should ensure that these doctors join respective CHCs or PHCs and stay put till the threat of epidemic is over,” Yogi said.
The CM also distributed relief material to the flood victims. In Gorakhpur, Yogi distributed relief material at Pali block while in Basti he distributed relief to 206 flood victims. Earlier in the day, the CM flagged of trucks carrying relief material at a function held at his official residence at 5, Kalidas Marg in lucknow.