Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed the state officials to provide all necessary facilities to bring back people hailing from the state who were stuck in the Jammu and Kashmir floods.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday Chief Minister said the officials have been asked to coordinate with the J&K officials to bring back the people of the state.
He also asked the resident commissioner stationed in New Delhi to establish contact with the J&K administration to facilitate an early and safe return of the people from UP who had gone to the hill state Earlier this morning, legislator Hemraj Verma informed Yadav that as many as 2,000 people from lakhimpuri Kheri and Pilibhit districts were stuck in the floods in J&K. He had urged CM to make arrangements to bring back the people.
Yadav had earlier announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 20 crores for the relief works in J&K.