Flood circumstances in southeast Bengal survived crucial at present by using dying levy approaching 50 while you are more than 2.14 lakh many people applied dog shelter in one, 537 remedy types among the 12 regions influenced by the heavy rain pour.
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In West Bengal, at least 48 people have died so far.
My thoughts are with all those affected by this natural calamity. The state government has deployed 121 boats for rescue and relief operations.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary has visited the state for two days to assess the situation and oversee the rescue and relief operations. Rescue operations are going on and one villager has been saved, an official said. Due to floods, West Bengal government has established 1537 relief camps and 214306 peoples have been accommodated. Villagers were made to cross these cuts with the help of a rope and a human chain formed by the troops against the flow of water.
“However, inflow of rain water from West Bengal, where heavy rainfall occurred under the effect of cyclonic system Komen, has caused marooning of some more villages in Balasore district”, said special relief commissioner GVV Sarma.
The worst affected districts are Burdwan, Murshidabad, West Midnapore, Howrah. “A total of 28 relief teams, seven medical teams and seven ETFs (Engineer Task Forces) were deployed”, Army sources said.
Ten villages were marooned in Odisha and a total of five people lost their lives and while 644 villages and population 4,80,399 are affected.
At least four children were killed and four other people seriously injured after they were struck by lightning in Barasat in North Paraganas district on Sunday, police said. Centre directed NDRF to move forces to Manipur for rescue and relief operations in the landslide-affected areas. With cyclone Komen showing no signs of receding, the situation is likely to aggravate in Odisha and West Bengal. ODRAF units are carrying out relief and rescue operations. Places like Mukundpur, Dum Dum Park and Alipore Bodyguard Lines remain inundated, as people used boats to ferry across.
The rains also affected neighbouring Myanmar, where 27 people were dead and more than 150,000 were affected by flooding.
He assured of full Central support to overcome the disaster situation.
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Many are sheltered in monasteries.
