Gujarat CM urges ministers to rush to flood affected regions

Gandhinagar

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel held a high-level meeting here today and asked the in-charge ministers to rush to their respective flood affected regions to oversee rescue operations.

During the meeting, Patel also took stock of the situation from all district collectors through video conferencing, a press release stated.

Officials of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indian Air Force were present during the meet, the release stated.

Amreli and Rajkot districts of the Saurashtra region are the worst affected ones, since it received between five inches to 22 inches during the last 24 hours, it said.

During the meeting, Patel was informed that as many as 70 people have been rescued so far by two helicopters of the Indian Air Force and NDRF teams. She was told that two helicopters were assigned to Amreli and one chopper to Gondal taluka in Rajkot by the Jamnagar Indian Air Force base, the release stated.

During the meeting, Patel asked in-charge ministers of these affected districts to work in co-ordination with the local administration and rush to these districts to oversee rescue operations, the release stated.

PTI