chief minister Nitish Kumar, in a meeting held at 'Sankalp' located at 1 Anne Marg, sent the aid amount through DBT to the accounts of the families affected by the floods in 13 districts of the state in the year 2024. He inaugurated it. The chief minister held a high-level review meeting on friday regarding the relief and rescue work carried out during Flood 2024. During the review, the chief minister said that keep providing all possible assistance to the people of the flood affected areas. Since coming to power, we are constantly ready to help the disaster victims.
The cm further said that assess the crop damage of the farmers in the flood affected areas and provide them all possible assistance. Today the amount has been transferred to the accounts of the families affected by the floods in the first phase.
The chief minister gave instructions to the officials
The chief minister, while instructing the officials, said that the amount must be transferred to the accounts of the families affected by the floods in the second phase by october 9. In the first phase, get the amount paid to the farmers as soon as possible for the crop damage caused by the flood. Get the dams damaged during the flood restored as soon as possible. Also, the Road Construction and Rural Works Department should get the flood-damaged roads restored as soon as possible. Make complete arrangements for medical services for flood-related diseases in flood-affected areas.
The Chief Secretary gave information about the flood
At the same time, in the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary of Disaster Management Department Pratyaya Amrit gave information through a presentation that 13 districts were affected by the flood due to the increase in the water level of the ganges river between september 20 and september 29. In the first phase, a population of 28.34 lakh was affected. In the second phase, due to heavy rainfall in nepal and the adjoining districts of North bihar from september 29, there was an unexpected increase in the water level in rivers like Gandak, Koshi, etc., which led to flood situation in 18 districts of the state. He further said that all actions are being taken in accordance with the Flood Disaster Management Standard Operating Procedure to help the flood victims and all possible help is being provided to the affected people.
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