The Yogi Adityanath government is actively working to provide food grains to the people, shifting them to safer locations and providing them with healthcare facilities in the flood-hit districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Weighing the hardships of the flood-affected people, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials to meet the needs of people and provide them with ration immediately.
Giving this information here on Wednesday, a government spokesman claimed that to effectively execute the relief-cum-rescue operations, over 63 teams had been deployed in the state to carry out relief operations in flood-affected areas 24x7.
“The water levels of rivers Rapti, Rohini, Kwano, Ghagra and Sharda have increased. We have expedited relief and rescue operations on a war footing to prevent any loss of life and damage to property. We have deployed around 963 boats in the last 24 hours and a total of 5,165 boats have been deployed so far amid the continuous downpour,” said Relief Commissioner Ranveer Prasad.
To mitigate the impact of flood in the affected villages, the state government has instructed the teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and disaster management to work round-the-clock in an active mode and ensure that relief operations were not delayed in areas affected by floods and excess rain.
Over 66 teams, including those of NDRF, SDRF and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) have been deployed in 42 districts of the state to tackle the floods. Expediting the relief measures, around 938 medical teams have been set up. The government is providing ample supply of drinking water, dry food packets and medicines, clothes, utensils and bedding among others amid adherence to Covid protocol.
More than 95,315 dry ration kits have been distributed by the government so far, while 5,397 people have been distributed dry ration kits in the last 24 hours. The state government has distributed 4,05,904 lunch packets to the affected people till now. In the last 24 hours itself, 20,804 lunch packets have been distributed.
Along with this, for the protection of animals along with human life the government has provided around 7,144 quintals of animal fodder. Over 85 quintals of fodder was distributed in the last 24 hours.
Protecting people from water-borne diseases, the government was also distributing anti-virus kits and iron tablets to the people, Prasad said.