Ministry of Home Affairs has provided Rs 656 crore financial assistance to Bihar for the devastating flood that has affected millions of residents of several districts. The ministry in totality has released Rs 5,858 crore from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and an advance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for 14 flood-affected states as Centre’s share, informed the MHA in an official statement released on Tuesday.
It added, ‘Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, the Modi government stands shoulder to shoulder with the states affected by natural calamities in mitigating the hardship faced by the people’.
An Inter-Ministerial Central Team will soon visit the affected areas of Bihar for making an on the spot assessment of the damages caused by the flood water, which has affected millions of residents of low laying areas of several district in the state.
The announcement was made amidst the Disaster Management Department (DMD), Bihar in an updated release on Monday informed that around one million populations of 16 districts remained affected by the floods triggered by the rains in catchment areas of Nepal.
According to the media reports, 7 embankments in 4 districts have been damaged by the flood water, forcing over 54000 people to take shelter in 71 relief camps being operated by the state government. Around over 125 community kitchens have also been set up and are being operated by the government.
The release added, ‘A total of 15 teams of National Disaster Response Force and another 15 of State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in the affected areas to rescue the civilians while 6 additional teams of NDRF are called from Varanasi and Ranchi’.
However, heavy rains in Nepal and Bihar have made life difficult for people as due to these drops falling from the sky, many rivers including Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati, Kamla Balan and Ganga are in spate. All are seen submerged be it houses, shops or farms. This flood has taken away the homes of millions of people and many people are forced to live on the roofs of houses.
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