In anticipation of potential floods, the Yogi government has undertaken extensive preparations across the state to control the situation in the state and established 612 flood posts in 24 highly sensitive and 16 sensitive areas, where NDRF, SDRF and PAC troops have been deployed.
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal rushed to take stock of the flood situation plaguing the greater Dibrugarh region and review the relief operations undertaken by the government for the benefit of the flood affected people.
The Indian Army has been actively involved in extensive flood relief operations in the villages of Sivaguri (Dhemaji District, Assam) and Village Mer (East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh) in the Pasighat Region, which has been severely affected by incessant rains since June 29.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) posted that moderate to intense rainfall over parts of Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas for a few hours today and advised people to avoid routes facing water logging problems.
Renuka Chowdhury, a member of the Rajya Sabha, expressed her concern and said, "This is a very unfortunate incident. A majority of females have died in this incident."
The death toll in the stampede incident which occurred in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday has gone up to 121. Around 28 people have sustained injuries in the incident, the Office of Relief Commissioner said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his condolences over the loss of lives in the stampede in Hathras and wished speedy recovery to the injured
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the relief measures undertaken by the state governemnt after the flood claimed the lives of 34 people, including two children.
In a relief and rescue operation, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) pulled out the four submerged vehicles from the Ganga river after they were swept away in the flooding of rain drain near Kharkhari in Haridwar on Sunday.
The water level of the Brahmaputra River has been increasing following torrential rain in many parts of Assam and neighbouring states in the past couple of days.