Rahul Urges Relief Package for Flood-Hit States

Gandhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir shared a task in X stating the flood situation, and Uttarakhand “extremely worrying”.

Gandhi, looking for help from the central government, said, “At such difficult times (PM Modi), your attention and the active assistance of the central government are extremely necessary. Thousands of family homes are fighting to save their homes, lives and loved ones.” He said.

Gandhi said, “I recommend an immediate announcement for a special aid pack for these states, especially for farmers, and to accelerate aid and rescue operations,” Gandhi said.

Meanwhile, in the midst of heavy rainfall in several states, the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, North Punjab, North Haryana, Eastern Rajasthan, Southwest Uttar Pradesh, Northwest and East Madhya Pradesh and Odisha published red warnings for various regions of Odisha.

According to IMD, the regions under Red Alert in Jammu & Kashmir include Poonch, Mirpur, Rajouri, Rei, Jammu, Ramban, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua, Doda and Kishtwar. Punjab, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Nawashahr, Rupnagar, Moga, Ludhiana, Barnala and Sangrur is under red warning; While Himachal was in Pradesh, Mandi, Una, Bilaspur, Sirmaur and Solan are under similar warnings. Nagar, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Panchkula and Sas Nagar are also under the same warning.

Between 08:30 and 05:30 on Tuesday, various regions in Jammu & Kashmir witnessed significant rainfall. The highest one was recorded in Reasi at 203 mm, then Katra at 193 mm, Batote at 157.3 mm, Doda at 114 mm and Baderwah at 96.2 mm. Jammu City himself received 81 mm, while Banihal (95 mm), Ramban (82 mm), kokrnag (68.2 mm) and expensive (55 mm), such as other stations.

In the same period, Srinagar (32 mm), Samba (48 mm), Kishtwar (50 mm), Rajouri (57.4 mm) and Qazigund (68 mm) were also reported. New data up to 6:45 on September 3, Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi showed extremely heavy rainfall at 230.5 mm.

Apart from Jammu and Kashmir, widespread rainfall was observed in several states. On Tuesday, from 8:30 to Wednesday at 5:30 on Wednesday, heavy rainfall occurred in Chhattisgarh, Harena, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Coastal Odisha, Sahil Maharastra, Sahil Karnataka and The Andaman Island were reported.

In the early hours today, the water level of the Yamuna River in Delhi passed the sign of the danger level. The warning sign for the city is 204.5 meters, the danger mark is 205.33 meters. The evacuation of people starts at 206 meters. The water level has been increasing for the last few days due to continuous heavy rainfall in Delhi.

As a preventive measure between flood expectations, people residing in nearby low areas have shifted to Mayur Vihar Faz-1.