PWD and Irrigation Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav has put officials of the flood affected region on leash saying that victims should get proper medicines and other relief materials otherwise strict action should be taken against concerned official. He said in a statement issued here on Sunday after his visit of the flood affected regions of Sidharth Nagar and lakhimpur Khiri. “No one should starve in flood hit regions. The government has enough food stock and officials should distribute the same among the people. This is responsibility of the district magistrates to ensure that SDMs visit the flood hit blocks and distribute food and water in the relief
camps,” he said.
In Sidharth Nagar he held a meeting with the district officials and other people’s representatives including MPs and legislators. He asked DM, Sidharth Nagar to send a report about the flood relief to the government within 15 days. “This Government is committed to provide all help to the people. The flood affected people will not only get food but also shelter. Adequate compensation would be paid to the people who lose their family members or animals in the flood,” Yadav said.
Meanwhile, water in all the major rivers have started receding. The Ghaghra, Sharda and its tributaries are now flowing below the danger mark but still people are living in make shift camps. “With water receding there is a threat of epidemic in these regions. The Chief Medical Officers have been instructed to provide all medicines in the camps. Free healthcare facilities would be provided to them,” Yadav declared. In Khiri he asked the Basic Shiksha Adhikary to start schools where water has receded. Get the compound of the school cleared and start teaching in those schools,” he said. He also declared that there is no paucity of funds and overnment is ready to provide all help to the flood victims.