The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion has deputed ten teams to Tamil Nadu and the flood-affected districts in Andhra Pradesh. The force evacuated more than 1,000 people trapped in flood waters.
The NDRF, which was pressed into the flood ravaged areas in Chennai, Nellore and Chittoor are rescuing the people in villages and were helping the victims by giving first aid, supplying food packets to the flood victims in rehabilitation shelters.
Tenth Battalion Commandant Prasanth Dar said that four teams headed by Assistant Commandant D.N. Singh had been sent to Chennai, four teams under the supervision of Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Singh were positioned in Nellore and two teams were operating in Chittoor district under the guidance of Deputy Commandant Suhan Singh.
700 shifted to safe areas in TN
In Tamil Nadu, about 700 people were shifted to safer places and 128 students trapped in flood waters were rescued by the NDRF in Nellore. Instructions had been given to be in touch with district managements, disaster management officials and with State Disaster Management Force teams.
“In Nellore District, rescue operations were disrupted as bus and train services were cancelled to many places due to incessant rains and the National Highway was cut off at Manubolu and Gudur villages. Still the NDRF teams are entering into the flood affected villages on boats to rescue the victims, shift them to relief camps and provide food and medicines,” Mr. Dar told The Hindu on Tuesday.
“Each NDRF team has 40 personnel. We are ready to depute more teams to tackle the relief operations, if required. As there were heavy rains in South Karnataka, we are planning to send the force there too. We request the district administrations, revenue, police, medical and health and fire authorities to utilise the services of NDRF,” the Commandant said.
