CM Yogi Adityanath has assigned duty to ministers in charge for these 17 districts of UP, and has also given instructions to the officers:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Due to continuous heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh, 17 districts of the state are in the grip of floods. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the ministers in charge of flood-affected districts to immediately take charge of relief and rescue work in their respective districts. He also asked all the public representatives to participate in this work with great enthusiasm and take care of every need of the affected people.

CM Yogi gave special instructions to the officials to ensure that no one is troubled by the flood problem, the affected people should be shifted to a safe place and adequate arrangements should also be made for the cattle.

About 2.5 lakh people and 30 thousand cattle were taken to safe places

According to Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami, 37 tehsils and 688 villages of the state are affected by floods, in which 2,45,980 people and 30,030 cattle have been shifted to safer places. A total of 27,061 hectares of area has been affected by the floods. Relief material is being delivered with the help of 548 boats and motorboats. On Wednesday, 1,904 food packets and 11,350 lunch packets were distributed.

996 flood posts established in the affected areas

A total of 284 flood shelters are active, where 4,440 people are temporarily residing and their medical checkup is being done by 626 medical teams. The government has distributed 12,298 chlorine tablets and 4,422 ORS packets to prevent waterborne diseases. 996 flood posts have been set up in the affected areas, which are constantly monitoring the situation.

These districts of the state are flood affected

Ballia, Bahraich, Badaun, Chandauli, Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Kasganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Meerut, Mirzapur, Muzaffarnagar, Shahjahanpur, Unnao, Prayagraj and Varanasi.