AMIDST determined pleas for assist from flood-hit residents of Ratnagiri, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stated his authorities will lengthen all potential help to them after reviewing the state of affairs in all of the districts affected by the deluge over the previous few days within the state, including he wouldn’t wish to make any announcement simply “for the sake of publicity.”
“As a government, we will extend whatever help is needed…We will extend immediate help to the flood-affected and will not seek refuge behind technical issues. I have already given instructions to the district collectors and the divisional commissioners. Once we review the flood situation in all the affected districts, we will announce the quantum of help,” the CM stated in Ratnagiri’s Chiplun on Sunday afternoon.
As quickly because the CM arrived in Chiplun, aggrieved residents, together with shopkeepers, tried to mob him to focus on their plight. A lady shopkeeper, who broke down earlier than the Chief Minister, stated, “Everything in our shop and home has been damaged by the flood. There is nothing left to survive on. We do not even have the insurance cover…Until yesterday, we were donating food and clothes to the poor…And now we have been forced to seek such help from the people…Do whatever, but bring us back to our feet,” the girl stated to the CM. Several different shopkeepers additionally stated they had been left with nothing after the catastrophe and wanted quick assist to outlive.
Niket Gujar, a neighborhood, informed The Indian Express, “The residents and shopkeepers first tried to block the way of the CM who had come to see the damaged marketplace first-hand….Even when he tried to leave, they tried to block his motorcade.” Shiv Sena chief Bhaskar Jadhav and different leaders tried to clear the CM’s path together with the police power current on the spot.
The CM stated the flood state of affairs in all districts wanted to be reviewed earlier than an announcement is made for extending help. “House, roads, shops have been badly affected….crops have been damaged. This has happened in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli districts. Once we assess the situation in these districts, we will be able to announce the help,” he stated.
Stating that he wouldn’t wish to make any announcement for the sake of publicity, the CM stated, “In the next two to three days, we will review the flood situation in the state. And then decide the kind of help we will need from the Centre. In the meantime, we are immediately reaching out to the flood-affected people with food, medicine and clothes. I have already given instructions in the regard to the district collectors.”
The Chief Minister stated that with flood tragedies occurring steadily, there was a necessity for higher flood administration in addition to water administration.
To resolve the issue of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) discovering it tough to achieve far-flung areas in Konkan, the state authorities will arrange NDRF-like groups in all flood-prone districts, he added.
The CM stated that two days again the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister and Defence Minister had referred to as him and promised all assist required to sort out the flood state of affairs within the state. “The Centre is providing all help to the state government and in future too, if we need any help, we will approach them,” Thackeray stated.