Nepal floods: No adverse impact of flash floods on Indian side, says NDRF
NDRF has deployed 20 teams — 11 in UP and nine in Bihar — for evacuation, relief and rescue operations in case these areas experience floods and waterlogging. These include an NDRF team deployed in Kushinagar district, near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. In a media briefing, NDRF IG Narendra Bundela said floods have caused massive destruction in Nepal with hundreds of people, including Indian…
NEW DELHI: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reported on Thursday that Nepal’s glacial lake outburst floods have not caused any adverse impact on the Indian side. While the Centre and states are keeping a close watch on the situation in bordering districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to prevent any possible risk from the excessive river waters flowing into India, NDRF has already deployed 20 teams for evacuation, relief, and rescue operations.
The teams are distributed among Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with an NDRF team stationed in Kushinagar district, close to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. NDRF Inspector General Narendra Bundela informed in a media briefing that the floods have led to significant destruction in Nepal, resulting in hundreds of people, including Indian tourists, being reported missing.
Bundela also confirmed that the government is monitoring the excessive flow of water in the first barrage along the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Valmiki Nagar (West Champaran district) on the Gandak river. Fortunately, the situation is reportedly under control. In terms of humanitarian assistance extended to Nepal, Bundela mentioned that India has dispatched two planeloads of aid and relief supplies, including medicines, to Kathmandu on Wednesday and Thursday.
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