MONSOON-2023: FLOOD WATER RESCUE OPERATIONS BY NDRF CONTINUE

Dated 16/07/2023 Time: - 1800 Hrs.

The flood relief and rescue operations by NDRF are in full swing in the flood-affected areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The NDRF teams are on mission to provide immediate relief to flood victims and leaving no stone unturned to bring to help the affected be it human or animal.

A total of 73 NDRF teams have been deployed till now in flood- affected areas for rescue and relief work in coordination with the State Administration. 17 teams are deployed in the flood-affected districts of Delhi viz. Central Delhi- 03, North East Delhi-02, South East Delhi - 04, East Delhi – 06 and Shahdara -02. Apart from this, 13 teams in Himachal Pradesh, 12 teams each in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, 11 teams in Haryana, 08 teams in Punjab are on rescue mission.

NDRF teams are relentlessly engaged in evacuation operations day in and day out. Till now in the Delhi area NDRF teams have rescued total 1606 people from difficult areas and evacuated 7241 people along with 956 livestock to safer places. Besides, NDRF teams are conducting regular rescue/ evacuation operations in flood-prone areas in other States as well. During the current monsoon season, NDRF has rescued more than a total of 2653 precious lives and evacuated 19,832 people and 2056 livestock to safer places. The teams are distributing relief material to people in flood affected areas in coordination with the State administration and Police.

Currently the situation is under control. Teams are carrying out recee of the low-lying areas to find out rescuees, if any.

Control room HQ NDRF is closely monitoring the situation and is in close coordination with concerned authorities/stakeholders.

Issued By: PR Cell, NDRF HQ