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The meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee was held this
evening under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the flood
situation in Uttarakhand and measures taken for rescue and relief
operations. The NCMC has been meeting daily.
The meeting was attended by 10 Secretaries of the concerned Ministries
and Departments as well as senior officers of all the agencies deployed in
the rescue and relief activities such as Army, Indian Air Force, ITBP, NDRF
and BRO.
Indian Air Force:
· Despite
bad weather conditions the Indian Air Force conducted 53 sorties to air
evacuate 535.
· The
IAF lost one MI-17 V-5 chopper in a crash in Gaurikund.
Army:
· The
Army was able to evacuate through the land route 895 persons from Badrinath and
338 from Harsil areas.
ITBP:
· The
ITBP evacuated 600 persons on the land route from the Badrinath.
NDRF:
· The
NDRF evacuated 35 persons most of whom were sadhus and porters from
the Kedarnathand other areas.
BRO:
· The
BRO are working on some of the land slides that have occurred in the last 24
hours. The route from Rudra Prayag to Uttar Kashi has ben cleared
as well as sector from Rishikesh toSrinagar and Joshimath has
also been cleared for traffic.
· A
bridge at Pandukeshwar is almost complete. This will
facilitate evacuation of those stranded in Badrinath.
Petroleum:
· Enough
stocks of ATF are available at Gochar and Dharasu for use
by the IAF. In addition, arrangements have also been made for
additional fuel to reach these areas as well asPithoragarh.
· Over
42,000 LPG cylinders have been dispatched to the affected areas.
Telecom:
· The
BSNL services in the State are almost normal with the restoration of most of
the towers and the telephone exchanges.
· The
private telecom operators have been asked to expedite their work so that the
private telecom services are also restored at the earliest.
· 1593
calls were made on the BSNL helpline numbers to help locate missing persons.
Health:
· On
the request of the State Government four teams from the NIMHANS have been
dispatched to help the State Government with counseling and related
activities.
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Courtesy pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau)
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