Lucknow: The state government has accelerated the operation of aid and rescue on the footing of the war to prevent loss of lives and property in 15 districts affected by the flood.
In the instruction of the chairman of Yogi Adityanath, special attention was given to preparation related to flood control and assistance operations and rescue in sensitive districts.
The government made arrangements completely evidenced to handle any emergency situation.
Flood water entered the areas in Varanasi, Prayagraj and Hamirpurthe the state government had deployed at least 1,133 boats and 409 medical teams while 828 flood assistance camps, 976 post floods and 360 animal assistance camps had been arranged.
As many as 39 teams, including them from the National Disaster Response (NDRF), SDRF and PAC, have also traced the situation.
Drinking water, clothing, tooling, and beds are provided in flood assistance camps, officials said, adding that the Covid-19 protocol was being followed at this shelter.
According to irrigation department officials, there was an increase in ganga water content, Yamuna, Betwha, Sharda, Kuwanoo and Rivers Chambal.
At present, 247 villages from 15 districts have been influenced by flooding.
Etawah, Hamirpur and Jalaun are very vulnerable districts in terms of flooding and more than 60 villages are influenced by flooding in each of these districts.
CM has directed district judges and police supervisors to visit sensitive places in a vibrant area.
CM has also asked Minister of Jal Shakti Mahendra Singh to review flood operations and relief operations.
A air survey of flooded areas close to the Chambal River and Yamuna were being carried out.
So far, the government has distributed at least 7,015 dry ration kits with 1,230 people who receive this kit in the last 24 hours.
The government has distributed 28,028 lunch packages so far, including 7,491 packages within 24 hours.
The government has also established 360 animal camps in the state so far, including 12 shelters in the last 24 hours.
At least 7,24,329 animals have been vaccinated in these camps.
Ten NDRF teams have been deployed in nine districts – ETawah, Jalaun, Bahraich, Shraverti, Siddharthnagar, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Ballia and Varanasi – While 12 Tim SDRF has been deployed at ETawah, Jalaun, Barenow, Balrampur, Lucknow, Balrampur, Prayagraj, Agra, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Ballia and Kushinagar.
Team Total17 PAC has been deployed in 14 Kabupaten – Sitapur, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Agra, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Estate and Meerut.
NDRF and SDRF have evacuated 536 people from the flood and shifting them to help camps.
The Indian Air Force Helicopter distributes relief material to the affected family.
Contact between Madhogarh Tehsil Jalaun and five Kalpi villages were lost due to floods after that relief was supplied by IAF Choppers.
In 10 Madhogarh villages, packages were distributed among 1,500 people while in five Kalpi Tehsil villages, at least a thousand people received assistance.
Both Ganga and Yamuna crossed a danger sign of 84.73 meters in Prayagraj on Monday morning.
The situation was no better in Varanasi, after crossing the danger sign of 71.26 meters, Ganga flowed above the sign of 71.53 meters at 6pm.
When water floods Ghats, the ‘Aartis’ daily ganga was carried out on the road.
Varanasi DM Kaushal Raj Sharma said 17 flood assistance camps operated a community kitchen to provide food for affected people