CM surveys flood-hit areas, orders relief measures
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday made an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar districts.
He said the district administrations had been directed to launch relief and rescue operation in flood-hit areas, to arrange boats in all villages, distribute ration among people depute medical teams at the local level and supply fodder for the cattle.
The Irrigation Department engineers have been directed to ensure that rivers do not breach the embankments, he said.
To note, increase in water level of Rapti, Rohin, Kuwano and Saryu rivers has inundated over hundred villages and submerged tracts of agricultural land in Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar districts. After surveying the floodaffected areas Yogi said the administration was on the alert. Along with the Covid pandemic the state government would also fight natural calamities.
The CM would also review the flood situation in Deoria, Ballia, Varanasi and adjoining districts. The work plan prepared by the district administration to fight Covid pandemic would also be reviewed in the meeting with the officers, he said.
Earlier in the morning, Yogi inspected the medical facilities in Gorakhpur All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Lalit Narain Mishra Railway Hospital. He told the AIIMS director to set up a Covid hospital in the new block being constructed on the premises. The construction agency is likely to complete the construction work by July 30. Within 15 days, a 50-bed designated Covid hospital with level one facility will be established for the admission of the asymptomatic patients. In the second phase, level two hospital would be set up for admission of patients having corona symptoms, he said. The officers were also directed to set up facilities for Covid patients in the Railway Hospital.
On Saturday, the CM reviewed the Covid-19 situation in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions. He said nodal officers should be
appointed in every ward and village panchayat. He said surveillance committees should be activated and surveillance work should be done in a better manner. He enquired about the measures
for protection against Covid-19, number of beds, door to door survey, Covid help desk, contact tracing, distribution of food grains and status about creation of jobs.