Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital on Sunday to review the country’s flood management preparedness. The meeting, held at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block, was attended by Union Minister of Jal Shakti C R Patil, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, and secretaries from various ministries including Home Affairs, Water Resources, River Development & River Rejuvenation, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Road Transport & Highways. Also present were the Chairman of the Railway Board, Member & Secretary (I/c) of NDMA, Director Generals of NDRF and IMD, and the Chairmen of CWC and NHAI, along with other senior officers from the relevant ministries.
States like Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and others experience landslides and rain-related issues during the monsoon season. Currently, Assam is severely affected by floods, impacting lakhs of people across several districts. Last month, Cyclone Remal caused significant devastation in Tripura.
In Assam’s Nagaon district, floods have affected nearly 6,000 people and submerged 35 villages within the Kampur and Raha revenue circles, as well as 1,089 hectares of crop area. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 3 lakh people in 19 districts have been affected by the flooding. In Karimganj district alone, more than 2.43 lakh people have been impacted. Overall, 979 villages in 48 revenue circles across 19 districts are experiencing the current wave of floods, with 3,326.31 hectares of crop area submerged. Cyclone Remal’s intense rainfall exacerbated the flooding in Assam, leading to the deaths of over 29 people.