An IAF helicopter airlifted residents of the flooded Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, near Bhopal.
Bhopal:
Villagers from flood-affected areas of Madhya Pradesh were airlifted by the Indian Air Force, which is assisting the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in rescue and relief work as swollen rivers continue to flood much of the state.
A group of people, including women and children, were rescued from the Somalwada village in Sehore district, a short drive from the state capital, Bhopal, in an IAF helicopter as rains continued to hit Madhya Pradesh.
A video shared by the ANI news agency shows the rescued villagers being greeted by state officials. However, the video did not see most of the villagers, officials and rescue workers wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
#CLOCK Madhya Pradesh: People transported by air and rescued from the areas affected by the Somalwada floods in Sehore by the Indian Air Force pic.twitter.com/pWKJV65luB
– ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2020
Red and orange alerts have been a problem for very heavy to heavy rains today in 16 of the state’s 52 districts as the monsoon trough passes over parts of north central Madhya Pradesh.
In view of the warning, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said: “We have reduced the discharge of water from the dam, but there is still the possibility of rain. I urge people not to insist on staying in the villages where the administration has them. asks them to leave. As far as possible, we are trying to make all the arrangements in the relief camps. “
The state has also fully involved national and state disaster response forces and the Indian Air Force, which continued to rescue people overnight Saturday despite bad weather, including in Chhindwara.
However, two Air Force helicopters arriving in Hoshangabad, Sehore and Raisen districts had to return due to bad weather.
The Chief Minister also spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about flooding in the state.
“Prime Minister Modi is supporting us … Floods have wreaked havoc in more than 411 villages in nine districts of Madhya Pradesh. So far, more than 8,000 people have been rescued and taken to safer places,” he said.
The state has suffered agricultural losses worth billions of rupees.
(With inputs from agencies)
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