Three medical teams on boats to move in flood-hit rural Patna

PATNA: Over 9,000 people in Dhanarua, Patna Sadar, Danapur and Maner block of Patna district have been affected by the Ganga floodwaters. The district administration has constituted three mobile medical teams on boats to be pressed into service from Wednesday.
District magistrate (DM) Dr Chandrashekhar Singh on Tuesday said, “One mobile boat in each of the flood-hit Rampur diara in Danapur, Nakta diara in Patna Sadar and Kala diara in Bakhtiyarpur with necessary medicines, test equipment, paramedical staff and also the vaccines against the Covid pandemic would remain available from 10am to 5pm. Medicines against snakebite, dog and other insect bites will also be available in all primary health centres for emergency use.”
He said the Dardha river water in Dhanarua area was receding fast. However, 85 families living in low-land in Dhanarua and 319 families in Bind Toli on the bank of the Ganga were still facing problems. The administration has started distributing polythene sheets and other necessary items among them.
Process has also been initiated to identify the affected people for providing compensation at the rate of Rs6,000 per family.
The DM said while a team of NDRF was stationed at Bakhtiyarpur, another of state disaster response force (SDRF) has been kept on alert mode at Gai Ghat. “All SDOs, SDPOs, circle officers and block development officers have been put on alert and directed to provide help to people in any emergency situation. NDRF and SDRF teams are also on the alert mode.