27 died due to heavy rain in UP

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With 27 causalities reported due to heavy rains that wreaked havoc in different parts of the state in the last 24-hours, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to take up rescue and relief in flood-affected areas on a war footing.  

In a communiqué released on Friday, Yogi directed District Magistrates of affected-areas to immediately provide necessary monetary help in cases of house collapse or any other eventuality. Directions were also issued for taking necessary steps to ensure proper treatment of the injured and warned that no laxity would be tolerated in relief works.

TheChief Minister said that the state government was ready to extend help to all victims and those families stuck in floods. He directed officials that repair work causing public inconvenience be taken up on a top priority and officials should keep a tab on weather and issue timely alerts so that loss of human lives or property could be averted. 

The release also confirmed that in the last 24hours, 27 persons were killed and a dozen others were injured due to floods or incidents related to heavy rains. 

While five people died in Agra, four deaths were reported in Mainpuri, three each in Kasganj and Muzaffarnagar, two each in Meerut and Bareilly and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Mathura, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Jhansi, Rae Bareli, Jalaun and Jaunpur. As many as 12 others were injured in different parts of the state.

Meanwhile, the MET office said that south-west monsoon was ‘active’ over east UP and ‘vigorous’ over the western part of the state causing moderate to heavy rains and thundershowers at most places. 

As per officials, Mathura recorded 19 cm of rains while Kasganj- 18 cm, Aligarh- 13 cm, Gautam Buadh Nagar- 10 cm, Barabanki, Badaun, Saharanpur, Firozabad - 9 cm each, Ravidas Nagar and Gorakhpur- 8 cm each.