19 people killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, schools shut in some districts

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Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officials of the affected districts to undertake relief works with full promptness, according to an official spokesperson. Adityanath has asked the officials to visit the areas and keep an eye on the relief work and asked them to immediately distribute the permissible relief amount to the people affected by the disaster, the spokesperson said. In case of water logging, effective arrangements should be made for proper drainage and the water level of rivers should be continuously monitored.

The damage caused to crops should be assessed and the report should be made available to the government so that compensation amount can be provided to the affected farmers as per rules, the official said quoting the CM. According to the MET department forecast, heavy rains are likely in the eastern region till September 14 while light rains will continue till September 17, the official of the relief commissioner office said. The western region of the state is also likely to get rains and showers till September 17 though there is an alert for lightning over the state till September 15.

In Barabanki, the movement of trains has been hit with water coming on the railway tracks. Though a passenger train was halted at the outer for some time but later the trains were allowed to pass at a very slow pace, a railway official said. Schools in the state capital remain closed on the order of the authorities.