Bihar State Disaster Management Authority has recently demanded the Coal India Limited for sending two pumping machines of hyperpower intensity in order to clear the water from the flood-affected areas in the stat. Principal Secretary, Pratyaya Amrit said, “I have requested the chairman of Coal India Limited to send two pumping machines of hyperpower intensity to clear the water from the flood-affected areas.”
“We have asked the IAF to send two helicopters for lifting and airdropping food packets and medicines in the affected areas here. The district authority is providing the flood-affected people with milk and water,” he said.
He further added that the residents of the affected areas demanding the concerned authorities to resume the electricity supply which was cut as a preventive measure. “We have assured them that it will be resumed once the water recedes,” he said.
Amrit said that around 32 inflatable boats have been deployed in Patna and the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force teams are working for the rescue and relief work.
Meanwhile, an SDRF worker named Sahdev Kumar working to rescue stranded locals from the waterlogged areas, said, “There are two boats operating in the area, we have been running them since the morning in this locality to help the people.”
“The water logging has been consistent for around seven days here. The false promises of smart city are being exposed today; the villages are more well-off than this where people can at least walk without having to wade through four feet of water.”
As per the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority, as of now, 29 people have died in the state due to rainfall and other accidents occurred due to heavy showers including wall collapse and uprooting of trees.