Floods: 10 more NDRF teams for Bihar, UP

August 23, 2016 22:19

Ten more teams of the NDRF were on Tuesday deployed for rescue and relief operations in flood-hit Bihar and Uttar Pradesh even as the force rescued over 33,000 marooned people from various states.

Witnessing continuous rains and with people not wanting to leave their homes, the force has also deployed a number of 'boat ambulances' in these states on which the personnel of the force provide pre-hospitalisation treatment and medicines to the affected.

"The 10 teams that were airlifted yesterday for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been deployed. We are intensifying our operations," National Disaster Response Force chief O P Singh said.

A special control room at the forces' headquarter here is monitoring the situation 24X7, he said.

As per reports coming from the flood-affected areas of UP, the water level is increasing by 1 cm per hour in areas around Varanasi and about 15 cm rise in the water level has been seen in the day till now, a senior official said.

There are reports of waterlogging in Varanasi and Ghazipur, the official said.

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