Ramping up preparatory measures to provide relief to the flood-hit people, the Uttar Pradesh government deployed 42 teams of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) for search and rescue operations in inundated areas.
At present, 22 villages in districts like Bahraich, Balrampur, Gorakhpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Pilibhit, Shravasti, Sitapur and Siddharthnagar are affected by the rampaging river water. “The state government is fully alert to prevent the damage caused by the floods and 10 teams of NDRF have been deployed in Bahraich, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Varanasi. Besides, 15 teams of SDRF have been deployed in Bareilly, Moradabad, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Hamirpur, Agra, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Lucknow and Unnao,” a government spokesman said in Lucknow on Monday.
The official further said that 17 PAC teams have been deployed in 14 districts of the state including Sitapur, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Agra, Farrukhabad, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Etah and Meerut. “Thus, as on date, a total of 42 teams are pre-deployed for rescue operations in 25 districts of UP,” he said.
The CM has instructed to keep two separate packets for relief and food items. The first will contain five kilograms of puffed rice, two kilograms of roasted gram, one kilogram of jaggery, 10 packets of biscuits and one packet each of matchsticks, candles and bathing soap while the second will include 10 kg each of flour and rice, two kg of toor dal, 500 grams of salt, one litre of refined oil, turmeric, coriander and chilli (250 grams each). With this, 10 kg potato, kerosene oil and chlorine tablets will also be given.