More than 26,000 people have so far been rescued by the the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) from the flood-ravaged areas in Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other States.
The NDRF has fanned out 56 rescue and relief teams to help people hit by heavy rains in various States and tasked two Deputy Inspector-General rank officers in Bihar and U.P. with monitoring the situation.
“So far, the NDRF teams have evacuated more than 26,400 people from various flood-prone areas in the country this monsoon season. Besides the rescue work, these teams have provided medical care to the more than 9,100 people in these States,” the NDRF said.
In Bihar on Sunday, NDRF teams evacuated 3,400 people from Didarganj, 580 from Bakhtiyarpur, 545 from Danapur, 380 from Chhapra, 355 from Vaishali and 15 from Maner in Patna.
The NDRF said 11 flood rescue teams rescued 275 people from Ballia, 275 from Varanasi and 325 from Chitrakoot in U.P. on Sunday.
Nearly 150 marooned people were shifted to safer places from Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
“An NDRF team pre-positioned in Sikkim conducted similar operations in Tingbung and Lingdang villages and evacuated more than 450 people on Sunday,” it said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised total support to these flood-hit States in the conduct of rescue and relief operations.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh is closely monitoring the situation and had telephonic conversation with Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav (U.P.), Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand), Nitish Kumar (Bihar) and Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan) and took stock of the flood situation in the States.
