Gearing up for floods state government has issued directives asking district magistrates of 34 flood prone districts to prepare emergency plans and also earmarked Rs 300 crore for maintenance of dams and bundhs.
The directives were issued during a high level meeting presided over by Irrigation Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav here on Wednesday. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan and DMs of all the flood prone districts also attended the meeting.
“The officials should ensure everything is al place before floods affect the villages. They should prepare contingency plans and breaches in the bundhs should be plugged,” Yadav said during the meeting.
Yadav said that Government has already sanctioned Rs 300 crore to meet any exigency. “If need by Government will release mode funds. Money would not be a problem in extending relief to the people at the time of flood,” he sand and asked the DMs of the identified districts to monitor water level of river crossing their states regularly.
“Government has ordered clearing of silt. Dredging machines have been purchased to ensure that all the rivers are free of excess silt. Once this silt is removed water will maintain its course. The Government is committed to provide relief to the people at the time of floods,” he said.
later talking to reporters he said that despite UP sending maximum number of MPs, the union Government is not extending any help to the UP Government. The PM is from Varanasi, Home Minister is from lucknow and Water Resources Minister is also from UP still Centre is neglecting this satte.
“When rains lashed UP damaging crop worth thousands of crop the support from the union Government was minimal. Government extended all help to farmers from its own resources,” the minister said.
later Minister released a magazine “UP Paani” of UP Water Sector Restructuring Project.