Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday conducted an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Kushinagar and met families displaced after Narayani river swelled and inundated settlements.He later visited Bedupar Inter College, where he distributed relief material to affected families and urged public representatives to coordinate with the administration in ongoing relief and rescue operations.Addressing people at the event, Yogi announced that the families of those who died in the flooding would receive Rs 4 lakh each as ex-gratia assistance. He said households whose homes were completely destroyed due to rain and floods would be provided new houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana, while financial help would be given for repairs to partially damaged houses. Chief minister instructed officials to complete an assessment of crop losses and ensure compensation is paid to affected farmers within 10 days.Reviewing damage to roads and embankments, he directed departments to carry out repairs at the earliest. The irrigation department was asked to take measures to prevent further harm to agricultural fields. He also ordered the setting up of health camps in flood-affected areas and instructed hospitals to ensure immediate availability of vaccines and medicines for snake bites and wild animal attacks so treatment is not delayed.“In this hour of crisis, the govt stands with the people, and public representatives should cooperate with the administration in relief and rescue work,” Yogi said.Large parts of Uttar Pradesh saw four consecutive days of heavy rainfall in the past week, while intense rain in Nepal led to increased downstream discharge and flooding in eastern UP. Officials said Narayani’s flow, typically around 3-4 cusecs on normal days, surged to about 5.5 lakh cusecs in recent days, leading to a breach in an embankment and water entering homes in several areas.For rescue and relief, two teams each of NDRF and SDRF and four units of PAC have been deployed. District administration and irrigation department teams have been on the ground since Monday, with Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh also visiting the region a day earlier.The state govt has arranged 5,000 food packets for affected families, including rice, flour, potatoes, lentils, chickpeas, oil, spices, salt and other essentials. Chief minister also directed that evacuees be moved to relief camps immediately and that adequate lighting be ensured at the camps.
