Promising support to the people with the initiative ‘Ghabrane ki nahi hai baat, Pradesh sarkar hai aapke saath’, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to work on a war footing for arranging relief measures for the marooned people in flood-hit districts of the state.
At present 382 villages of 13 districts of UP are affected by the floods.
“Continuously monitor the water level of rivers across the state. In flood-affected districts, teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and disaster management should be actively working round-the-clock. Relief operations should not be delayed in areas affected by floods and those hit by excess rains. All necessary help should be provided to the affected families immediately,” the chief minister said while chairing a high-level meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Amid continuous downpour, the state government has expedited its relief and rescue operations and deployed 3,832 boats and 841 medical teams besides setting up 1,089 flood-relief camps, 1,282 flood posts and 855 animal relief camps in the flood-ravaged districts. Flood relief camps have basic facilities like drinking water, toilets, clothes, utensils and beddings and Covid protocols are being strictly followed there.
More than 58,471 dry ration kits have been distributed by the government so far, while 901 people have been distributed dry ration kits in the last 24 hours. The state government has distributed 3,36,875 lunch packets to the affected people till now. In the last 24 hours, 1,000 lunch packets were distributed.
Besides, six animal camps have been set up for the protection of animals in the last 24 hours. Till now, the government has set up around 855 animal camps across the state wherein 55.11 lakh cattle heads have been vaccinated.
Aiming to minimise the damage caused by the floods, the state government has deployed nine teams of NDRF in Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Bahraich, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Ballia and Varanasi districts, while 10 teams of SDRF have been pressed into service in Moradabad, Bareilly, Balrampur, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Ballia and Varanasi.
Similarly, 17 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) teams have been deployed in Sitapur, Bahraich, Balrampur, Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Pilibhit, Kheri, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Banda, Etawah, Agra, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Ballia, Bijnor, Deoria, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Siddhartha Nagar, Ayodhya, Gonda, Shravasti, Hardoi, Barabanki, Chandauli, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Hamirpur, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Meerut, Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Kasganj and Muzaffarnagar districts. Thus, at present, a total of 58 teams are pre-deployed for rescue operations.
Teams of NDRF and SDRF have evacuated 35,185 people from flood-affected areas and shifted them to relief camps.
In case of losses caused by the calamity, the state government will provide compensation to cattle-rearers and craftsmen. If any animal dies in the floods, the owner will be provided financial assistance of up to Rs 30,000 per animal. Also, craftsmen will be provided new tools and all possible help. An sum of Rs 3,000 will be given to the animal owner on the death of small milch animals (goat, sheep or pig), Rs 25,000 for non-milk animals (camel, horse, bull) and Rs 16,000 for animals like cows and buffaloes.