Gujarat rains: Ministry of Home Affairs sets up inter-ministerial team to assess flood situation
Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday constituted inter-ministerial team to assess damage caused by rains, floods in Gujarat, officials said.
The ministry is also in touch with officers of flood-affected states and it said that it would depute central teams to assess damages.
It further added that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Central government was fully committed to providing all possible help to flood-affected states.
The statement said the MHA has constituted an inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) led by the executive director, the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), to assess the damage caused by rainfall and floods in Gujarat, the statement said.
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also affected by heavy to very heavy rainfall. Multiple spells of heavy rains, cloudbursts and landslides have caused extensive damage in Himachal Pradesh this year.
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The MHA is in touch with senior officers of these states, and will depute IMCT there as well, if the severe damages are reported by them, the statement said.
As per the decision taken by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in August 2019, the MHA, this year, constituted IMCTs which have visited flood and landslides-affected states of Assam, Kerala, Mizoram, and Tripura in advance for on-spot assessment of the damage without waiting for their memorandum.
The IMCT for Nagaland has also been constituted, which will visit the affected
