Bihar Floods: NDRF stations 85 teams to 74 worst-hit areas
In view of the worsening flood situation in the country, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) doesn't want to leave anything to chance. It has positioned 85 teams at 74 locations in 20 vulnerable states to meet any eventuality.
One team each has been deployed in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim and Tripura. Two teams each have been deputed in Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir, and three teams each in Kerala, Punjab and Uttarakhand.
While four teams have been deployed in Karnataka, six teams each have been deputed in UP and West Bengal. There are seven teams in Maharashtra and nine in Gujarat.
Given the gravity of the situation, 12 teams have been deployed in Assam and 19 in Bihar to deal with the flood situation.
In addition to this, 37 teams are stationed at 26 locations in 23 states at the Regional Response Centres (RRCs) of the NDRF.
These RRCs are located in the vulnerable areas for prompt response to any disasters. The NDRF's 122 self-contained teams, comprising trained responders, like doctors, divers, para-medics and engineers, equipped with adequate boats and other flood rescue equipment are on alert.
Residents move to a safer place on a boat from a flood affected area, following heavy monsoon rain, in Muzaffarpur district, Tuesday, July 21, 2020.
Additional teams have also been kept on alert at the NDRF battalions in Guwahati (Assam), Kolkata (West Bengal), Mundali (Odisha), Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu), Pune(Maharashtra), Vadodara (Gujarat), Bhatinda (Punjab), Ghaziabad and Varanasi (UP), Patna (Bihar), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh).
"The Force is in constant touch with the state governments to chalk out combat strategies," an NDRF statement said. The NDRF control room at New Delhi is monitoring the situation and is in touch with other agencies.
Rain in Nepal
Nepalese people take photos on the banks of flooded Bagmati river in Kathmandu
Meanwhile, downpour continues in several parts of Nepal. The more it rains in Nepal, the more chances are that the flood situation in Bihar remains the same or even worsens. Nepalese people took photos on the banks of flooded Bagmati river in Kathmandu. Landslides and flooding caused by continuous heavy rainfall have blocked the main highway that connects Nepal's capital to most of the Himalayan nation blocking trucks bringing fuel and supplies, officials said Tuesday.
