Providing support to the people of the state with the initiative ‘Ghabrane ki nahi hai baat, Pradesh sarkar hai aapke saath’, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the administration to work on a war footing in arranging relief measures for flood-affected districts in the state.

“Continuous monitoring of the water level of rivers in the state should be done. In the flood-affected districts, teams of NDRF, SDRF and disaster management should be working round the clock in an active mode. Relief operations should not be delayed in areas affected by floods/excess rain. All necessary help should be provided to the affected families immediately” said the CM while chairing a high-level meeting with senior officials on Tuesday.

Amid the continuous downpour, the Uttar Pradesh government has expedited its relief and rescue operations. The state government has deployed around 3832 boats and 841 medical teams while 1089 flood relief camps, 1282 flood posts and 855 animal relief camps have been set up.

The flood relief camps are equipped with facilities like drinking water, toilets, clothes, utensil and bedding among others amid adherence to Covid protocol.

At present 382 villages of 13 districts are affected by the floods in the state. Over 58 teams, including those of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SDRF and PAC to tackle the floods have been deployed in 41 districts of the state.

More than 58471 dry ration kits have been distributed by the government so far, while 901 people have been distributed dry ration kits in the last 24 hours. The state government has distributed 336875 lunch packets to the affected people till now. In the last 24 hours itself, 1000 lunch packets have been distributed.

Along with this, around 6 animal camps were set up in the last 24 hours for the protection of animals along with human life. Till now, the government has set up around 855 animal camps in the state. In these camps, vaccination of more than 551195 animals has been done.

The state government is fully alert to prevent the damage caused by the floods with over 9 teams of NDRF deployed in 9 districts of the state namely Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Bahraich, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Ballia and Varanasi. While 10 teams of SDRF have been deployed in Moradabad, Bareilly, Balrampur, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Ballia and Varanasi.

Similarly, 17 PAC teams have been deployed in 14 districts of the state including Sitapur, Bahraich, Balrampur, Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Pilibhit, Kheri,
Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Banda, Etawah, Agra, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Ballia, Bijnaur, Deoria, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Siddhartha Nagar, Ayodhya, Gonda, Shravasti, Hardoi, Barabanki, Chandauli, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Hamirpur, Amroha, Bulandsheher, Meerut, Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Kasganj and Muzzafarnagar.Thus, at present, a total of 58 teams are pre-deployed for rescue operations.

Teams of NDRF and SDRF have evacuated 35185 people from flood affected areas and shifted them to relief camps.

Financial assistance up to Rs 30,000 to animal owners

In case of losses incurred due to calamities, the state government will give compensation to the cattle rearers and craftsmen.

If any animal dies in the disaster, the government will provide financial assistance to the cattle rearers at the rate of up to Rs 30,000 per animal. Also, the craftsmen will be provided with a new tool and all the possible help if his tool is damaged or lost in the disaster.

An amount of Rs 3000 will be given to the animal owner on the death of small milch animals (goat, sheep or pig), Rs 25,000 for non-milk animals (camel, horse, bull) and Rs 16,000 to animals like cows and buffaloes.