PATNA: Altogether 170 people were so far killed in lightning strikes during the current rainy season in Bihar.
Giving this information to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar during a review meeting on flood and drought here on Saturday, the state’s disaster management department’s (DMD) principal secretary Pratyay Amrit said his department was planning to take assistance of the Earth Networks which provides early lightning warning.
Some states in our country are already taking services of the Earth Networks which has an expertise on providing early lightning warning services in more than 50 countries. It is also providing its services to states like Odisha, West Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, a DMD official told TOI on Saturday.
Chairing the review meeting at the CM secretariat here, Nitish asked all the in-charge ministers and principal secretaries/secretaries to visit their allotted districts on August 3 to review prevailing flood and drought situation.
In Bihar, cabinet ministers were made ‘In-charge minister’ of one or more districts.
The in-charge ministers were also asked to hold a meeting of district-level flood monitoring committee in their districts on the same day to get detailed feedback about the actual flood scenario.
Besides the deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, cabinet ministers and senior officials of at least 12 departments were present at the review meeting, which continued for over six hours.
The CM also interacted with majority of district magistrates (DMs) through video-conferencing and took detailed information about the flood, drought and the ongoing relief operation in the flood-affected areas.
The CM said he would hold another meeting in Patna on August 18 to review flood and drought situation in the state.
Amrit also informed the meeting that the state government signed an MoU with ISRO on July 12 this year to get technical support for real-time assessment and monitoring of natural calamities.
He said the state government has so far transferred an amount of Rs 502 crore in the bank accounts of around 8.36 lakh flood-affected families as gratuitous relief at the rate of Rs 6,000 per family.
The agriculture department’s principal secretary Sudhir Kumar informed the CM about the steps being taken to estimate the loss of different crops in flood-hit areas. He also informed that a total of 214 blocks, mainly in south Bihar, have received less than average rainfall and there is possibility of drought-like situation there. He said farmers were being informed about alternative cropping where paddy crops were badly hit due to poor rainfall.
Speaking in details about the state government’s proposed “Jal, Jivan and Hariyali Abhiyan”, the CM asked the officials to complete all formalities for launching the campaign across the district in near future.
The CM said the chief secretary Deepak Kumar is compiling all the suggestions being received for protecting environment in the state. He asked the chief secretary to prepare a work plan for the Jal, Jivan and Hariyali Abhiyan before August 15.
Giving this information to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar during a review meeting on flood and drought here on Saturday, the state’s disaster management department’s (DMD) principal secretary Pratyay Amrit said his department was planning to take assistance of the Earth Networks which provides early lightning warning.
Some states in our country are already taking services of the Earth Networks which has an expertise on providing early lightning warning services in more than 50 countries. It is also providing its services to states like Odisha, West Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, a DMD official told TOI on Saturday.
Chairing the review meeting at the CM secretariat here, Nitish asked all the in-charge ministers and principal secretaries/secretaries to visit their allotted districts on August 3 to review prevailing flood and drought situation.
In Bihar, cabinet ministers were made ‘In-charge minister’ of one or more districts.
The in-charge ministers were also asked to hold a meeting of district-level flood monitoring committee in their districts on the same day to get detailed feedback about the actual flood scenario.
Besides the deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, cabinet ministers and senior officials of at least 12 departments were present at the review meeting, which continued for over six hours.
The CM also interacted with majority of district magistrates (DMs) through video-conferencing and took detailed information about the flood, drought and the ongoing relief operation in the flood-affected areas.
The CM said he would hold another meeting in Patna on August 18 to review flood and drought situation in the state.
Amrit also informed the meeting that the state government signed an MoU with ISRO on July 12 this year to get technical support for real-time assessment and monitoring of natural calamities.
He said the state government has so far transferred an amount of Rs 502 crore in the bank accounts of around 8.36 lakh flood-affected families as gratuitous relief at the rate of Rs 6,000 per family.
The agriculture department’s principal secretary Sudhir Kumar informed the CM about the steps being taken to estimate the loss of different crops in flood-hit areas. He also informed that a total of 214 blocks, mainly in south Bihar, have received less than average rainfall and there is possibility of drought-like situation there. He said farmers were being informed about alternative cropping where paddy crops were badly hit due to poor rainfall.
Speaking in details about the state government’s proposed “Jal, Jivan and Hariyali Abhiyan”, the CM asked the officials to complete all formalities for launching the campaign across the district in near future.
The CM said the chief secretary Deepak Kumar is compiling all the suggestions being received for protecting environment in the state. He asked the chief secretary to prepare a work plan for the Jal, Jivan and Hariyali Abhiyan before August 15.
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