“So far, as many as 39 people have died in the flood situation due to various reasons like electrocution and snake bites”.
Incessant rainfall has submerged large parts of the state and five districts – Murshidabad, Burdwan, Birbhum Howrah and Hooghly – are still on high alert.
Banerjee, who personally monitored the flood situation overnight at the state secretariat Nabanna, distributed relief material in Ashokenagar. The state government is carrying on rescue and relief operation in the affected districts on a war footing.
At least 47 municipalities, 210 blocks and 9,691 villages of the State have been affected by rising waters.
Even as heavy rain continue to lash parts of West Bengal, state chief minister Mamata Banerjee spent Sunday night in office to monitor the flood situation in the wake of Cyclone Komen. Besides, Banerjee four of her cabinet ministers would also visit other affected districts to review the situation. The rescue operations remain hampered due to the floods.
Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh addressing at the Demonstration of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on November 18, 2014.
Manipur is said to be suffering from its worst floods in at least three decades, in which an estimated one 100000 people have been affected.
Of the many stories of bravery that have come out, the act of Havaldar Yousouf stands out as he rescued a drowning mother and her baby in Shervo village, situated approximately 50 kms north of Bhuj in Kutch district of Gujarat. Crop over an area of4,72,645 hectares was damaged due to the floods.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said a depression had formed over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal.
So far, 1,574 people have been evacuated to safer places.
After the end of the meeting she reported, “It is the legitimate right of the people to get relief at such times of crisis…”
“Around 450 villagers have been already rescued from the flooded Jhawdanag village were river Bhagirathi is overflowing dangerously”.
She stated that intense water depth and hurricanes pouring the legal system because of the fact that the day past mixed the specific situation with the government appeared to be on any inform.
Six bridges constructed on the Chakpi river were washed away by turbulent water in Manipur’s Chandel district. “However, the situation is likely to improve after the discharge of water from the barrages is controlled”, Rajib Banerjee said.
In Rajasthan, the death toll in over a week of heavy rainfall and floods has reached to 28.
Rajasthan has experienced excessive rainfall in most of its districts over the past week and the situation is described as ” grim” by officials.
In Gujarat, 71 people have lost their lives due to floods in 14 districts where 40 lakh population was affected. From the information of the officials, almost 30,000 people were sheltered in 700 relief camps.
