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Inter-Ministerial Central Team to conduct on-the-spot assessment of flood situation in Indian States affected by flood
Flood has devastated about 15 states in India. To review it a meeting of High Level Committee was done by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 19th August 2019.
In pursuance of a significant decision taken by the Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah, in the High Level Committee (HLC) meeting , the Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to visit the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala affected by recent floods.
The IMCT for the State of Karnakata, which is led by Shri Shri Prakash, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, is visiting Karnataka today to have first hand on-the-spot assessment of damages caused and relief work carried out by the State administration.
Till now, the IMCTs used to visit the affected States only once after the receipt of memorandum from the concerned affected State. The same IMCT will again visit the State after submission of the Memorandum for detailed assessment of the damages and relief operations conducted for making final recommendations for allocation of additional funds.
Affected States
More than 90 persons lost their lives and millions were affected.Flood affected over 10 lakh animals in Assam. Almost 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park was submerged and animals moved to higher reaches.
More than 130 persons died and about 89 lakh persons were affected in 105 blocks of 13 districts of Bihar in flood situations in July-august, 2019.
Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kannur and Kasargod districts are worst affected. Over 1 lakh people were evacuated to a total of 1111 relief camps. Kochi Airport was closed due to water logging. 101 died and seven went missing.
North, coastal and Malnad districts were worst affected. Other affected districts include Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Raichur, Yadgiri, Uttara Kannada, South Kannada, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Chikkamagalur. At least 24 died.
More than 2,00,000 people were evacuated and more than 2200 rescue personnel were deployed.
The floods in five districts of Western Maharashtra were affected over 2.85 lakh people. About 2,00,000 people were evacuated and 29 people died in the rain-related incidents. The government announced the flood relief compensation of Rs 15,000 to each affected family in cities and Rs 10,000 in villages.
The flood gates of Almatti dam were opened and the NH 4 (Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway) was closed after landslide stranding about 18,000 vehicles on highway.
70 teams comprising NDRF, Navy, Coast Guard and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were deployed.
Heavy rains flooded the Narmada river. Sluice gates of seven out of 28 dams in the state were opened to release the waters. Around 1000 people were evacuated. One death was reported while several others are missing. Dhar and Barwani districts the most affected.
Nilgris district was the worst-affected. More than 1700 people were evacuated and around 500 personnel of NDRF and SDRF were deployed. At least five people died and the state government announced a relief of Rs 10 lakh each to their families.
Pernem, Bicholim and Bardez talukas were worst affected in Goa. Several villages in North Goa were inundated due to heavy rains and water released from Tilari dam. 150 families were evacuated.
Odisha was flooded by heavy rains in first week of August. Three died and two went missing in the floods. About 1,30,000 people in 1012 villages and 5 citites in nine districts were affected. Kalahandi and Rayagada districts were the worst affected.
More than 14,000 people were evacuated to shelters from low-lying regions. More than 2000 houses were damaged. Seven teams of SDRF and fire personnel were deployed.
Over 74,000 people in East Godavari and West Godavari district were affected due to flooding from Godavari river. 17,632 people were evacuated.
More than 5300 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were deployed for relief and rescue missions along with personnel of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local police in each state. Several columns of Indian Armed Forces were also deployed. The NDRF rescued over 42,000 people in six states (Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat).
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