Floods in Gujarat: The Home Ministry has set up a central inter-ministerial team to assess the damage caused by rains and floods in Gujarat. The state was hit by extremely heavy and intense rainfall between August 25 and 30, caused by a deep depression formed over Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The team, led by the executive director of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), will soon visit the flood-affected districts of the state. At least 25 people have died in rain-related incidents across the state since August 25.
The Ministry of the Interior is in contact with senior officials in the affected states
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also affected by heavy to very heavy rainfall. Multiple spells of heavy rainfall, cloudbursts and landslides have caused extensive damage in Himachal Pradesh this year. The Home Ministry is in touch with senior officials in these states and will send IMCT there as well if they report any serious damage, the statement said. During this monsoon, some other states have been affected by heavy rainfall, floods, cloudbursts and landslides.
“During the year, the state of Himachal Pradesh has also been affected by several spells of heavy rainfall, cloudbursts and landslides. The Ministry of Home Affairs is in touch with senior officials of these states and will send IMCT there as well if they report any serious damage. During the ongoing monsoon season, some other states have been affected by heavy rainfall, floods, cloudbursts, landslides etc,” the MHA said in a statement.
Center fully committed to providing all possible assistance.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government is fully committed to providing all possible assistance to the affected states, the statement said.
As per the decision taken by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in August 2019, the MHA, this year, constituted IMCTs which visited the flood and landslide-affected states of Assam, Kerala, Mizoram and Tripura in advance to conduct on-site assessment of the damage without waiting for their memorandum.
The IMCT has also been constituted for Nagaland, which will soon visit the affected areas in the state. In the past, the IMCT used to visit the disaster-affected states only after receiving a memorandum from the state government, the statement said.
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