Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts and assured the affected people that the government would help them in the hour of crisis and all possible help would be extended to them.
The chief minister also met the flood affected people and distributed the relief material among them. He said, “We will unitedly face the crisis caused by the excessive rains which have caused floods.”
The chief minister said every flood affected family would be given a cash relief of Rs 4 lakh.
Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, conducted an aerial survey of Ayodhya, Gonda, Balrampur, Shravasti and Bahraich districts. He also visited the flood relief camps in Balrampur, Shravasti and Bahraich districts and distributed the relief material.
He said in the last four years the government had completed several works on flood protection and constructed embankments.
The chief minister said the flood after Dussehra was unprecedented as the government was confident that this kind of situation would not emerge in the month of October. He said the flood situation was manageable as the government had completed many flood protection projects.
He said the farmers had suffered from the double whammy of vagaries of weather as there was drought-like situation during the peak monsoon period and heavy rains in October.
He said the government had ordered a survey of damage caused to the standing crops and after the survey report was submitted, the farmers would be compensated.
The chief minister first visited Balrampur district where over 280 villages have been adversely affected by the floods.
“I have visited the Utraula and Balrampur tehsils and have directed the officials to conduct relief operations on war footing. Relief packets should be distributed to all those affected by the floods,” the chief minister said after visiting Balrampur district.
In Balrampur district, the Balrampur-Gonda highway has been damaged by the floods and traffic on Balrampur-Utraula road has also been affected as the road is submerged in flood water. The chief minister said the district administration was carrying out the relief work and the people’s representatives were also busy in relief operations.
The chief minister also visited the Shravasti district. He said 15 districts had been affected by the floods and assured the people that the government would extend all possible help to people to overcome the crisis. In Shravasti district, 114 villages have been inundated by the flood water.
Irrigation Minister Swatantra Dev Singh had visited this district earlier this month.
The administration has evacuated people from the 50 worst affected villages in the district by deploying boats and private steamer.
In Bahraich district, the chief minister directed the officials to ensure sanitation and availability of clean drinking water. Talking to the affected people in flood relief camps, the chief minister said the double engine government was with all the flood affected families and every family would be given relief for damage caused to standing crops and collapse of houses.
The chief minister directed the district officials to open community kitchens for flood affected people and if there was difficulty then food the packets should be distributed twice in a day. The district administration is distributing wheat flour, rice, pulses, edible oil, candles, medicine kit and other articles to the affected families.