The Home Affairs Ministry is proactively monitoring the monsoon situation across the country. The Ministry said in a statement that it is providing all necessary support to affected States and Union Territories in managing challenges posed by heavy rains. In July, country has faced heavy rains and landslides in places including Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Jammu and Kashmir.
The Home Ministry’s Integrated Control Room (ICR-ER) is working in close coordination with other central agencies, including India Meteorological Department, Central Water Commission and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services for raising timely alerts to State Emergency Operation Centres and District Emergency Operation Centres. Besides disseminating Early Warnings to States/UTs and Districts, the Control Room is monitoring all the rescue activities round the clock.
The National Disaster Response Force, NDRF is working tirelessly with State Government Agencies, State police and SDRF in all these places for rescue and relief operations. NDRF pre-positioned its teams at vulnerable places to reduce response time. During the last one week, 52 civilians have been rescued by NDRF teams whereas two thousand 206 civilians were evacuated to safer places across all the affected States and UTs.
In coordination with Home Ministry, Defence Ministry also mobilized its resources within shortest possible time to save stranded people, and provide assistance to Rescue Agencies in transportation of men and material and distributing relief materials.
