PM Modi Dials Amit Shah, LG Saxena From France To Take Stock Of Delhi's Flood Situation

The Lt Governor said Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed that appropriate steps be taken in the interest of Delhi by taking all possible help from the Union government.

File Photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Source : PTI

Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him up over the phone from France to enquire about the flood and waterlogging situation in the national capital. He also dialed Home Minister Amit Shah who apprised him of the situation in Delhi with regards to the flood situation and the rescue work. This comes as the Water level of the Yamuna River is reported to be decreasing in Delhi as the water reached 208.63 meters at 10 pm. 

PM Modi, meanwhile, is in Paris for his two-day France visit where he will attend the Bastille Day Parade as the Guest of Honour at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

"Honourable Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji called from France to enquire about the waterlogging and flood situation in Delhi and the efforts being made to deal with it," Saxena said in a tweet in Hindi.

The Lt Governor said the prime minister "directed that appropriate steps be taken in the interest of Delhi by taking all possible help from the central government".

माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने फ्रांस से फोन कर दिल्ली में जलभराव व बाढ़ की स्थिति और उससे निपटने के लिये किये जा रहे प्रयासों की विस्तृत जानकारी ली।
उन्होंने केंद्र सरकार से हर सम्भव सहायता ले कर दिल्ली के हित में समुचित कदम उठाने के निर्देश दिये।

— LG Delhi (@LtGovDelhi) July 13, 2023

As per news agency ANI, PM Narendra Modi also spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the flood-like situation in parts of Delhi because of the rising water level of the Yamuna River.

Shah briefed him that the water level is likely to recede in the next 24 hours and is keeping a close watch on the situation along with the LG Delhi. A sufficient number of NDRF teams have been deployed to conduct rescue and relief operations and help the people in need, ANI reported Home Minister's Office (HMO) as stating.

PM Narendra Modi spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the flood-like situation in parts of Delhi because of the rising water level of the Yamuna River.

HM Shah briefed him that the water level is likely to recede in the next 24 hours and is keeping a close watch on the… pic.twitter.com/QpFnIzZq46

— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023

Roads turned into rivers and water gushed into houses, medical facilities, crematoriums and shelter homes in Delhi as the Yamuna river water level rose to record high, causing immense hardship for the people.

Around 2,000 people and over 700 cattles were rescued to safer locations after Yamuna's water overflowed into land along its banks in Noida and Greater Noida on Thursday, officials said, even as NDRF, SDRF, and PAC personnel were engaged in relief operations.

Top administration and police officials, including District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma, took to inflated boats as they waded through low-lying areas of the floodplains of Yamuna, which have been submerged, to review the situation.

“There is no need for the public to panic. Government officials are working round the clock to help anyone affected due to the floods in the low-lying regions. The next 48 hours are going to be critical as more water has been released in the Yamuna through Hathnikund Barrage. We are continuously monitoring the situation and have issued advisory and helpline for people,” DM Verma told PTI.

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