Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath conducts aerial survey of flood-hit Hamirpur, Jalaun

LUCKNOW: A day after surveying flood-hit areas of Auraiya and Etawah districts, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday undertook an aerial survey of Hamirpur and Jalaun districts, where residents of at least 200 villages are affected by floods. He met officials and reviewed rescue and relief operations.
In Jalaun, the chief minister was informed that 114 of 1,155 villages in the district were flood-hit.After the aerial survey, the chief minister met villagers and distributed relief material. He also directed officials to deploy a nodal officer and a boat in each village.
“A helpline number will be released soon and police have been directed to patrol affected villages to prevent criminal activity. Since women are also staying in relief camps, women officers should be posted there as well. The CM also said, a plan should be chalked out for a permanent solution to recurrent floods in Hamirpur,” an official said.
The CM said, petromax should be arranged in areas where power supply has snapped. He also said as soon as flood waters recede, a team of doctors and health workers should visit villages and provide medicines to residents.