Central team to assess damage caused by floods Uttarakhand

During their three-day stay, the teams would visit all the 13 districts of the hill state badly affected by the natural disaster and prepare the assessment of damages:

Central government teams are in the state to make an assessment of the damage caused by landslides, cloudbursts and floods following incessant rains in various parts of Uttarakhand this month. Three teams from the Centre comprising officers and experts of various departments have landed in Uttarakhand for making the assessment, a government spokesman said.

During their three-day stay, the teams would visit all the 13 districts of the hill state badly affected by the natural disaster and prepare the assessment of damages, he said. One team would visit the districts of Nainital, Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar and Dehra Dun while the second and third team would go to Champawat, Pithoragarh, Almora and Bageshwar, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pauri respectively. The teams would travel by road as well as use helicopters for aerial survey of the areas and will be back in the state capital on October 2 and meet Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank and state officers.

Disaster Management Secretary Rakesh Kumar had on Wednesday held a meeting with all the District Magistrates and directed them to coordinate with the central teams so that a correct assessment can be prepared. The state government has sought a relief package of Rs 21,000 crore from the centre on the basis of the assessment made by state officials.

According to an official estimate, nearly 200 people were killed and hundreds of houses collapsed due to incessant rains in the state this monsoon season.