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Time of India
a day ago
- Climate
- Time of India
UP uses remote sensing to micro map floods for monsoon season
Lucknow: To understand and thereby prevent flooding during the monsoon season, the state govt, for the first time, has superimposed flood inundation maps generated through 20 years of remote sensing onto cadastral maps for micro-mapping of floods. The information was provided by relief commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami at a meeting to review flood preparedness in the state chaired by chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh. The chief secretary said that, as per the weather department's forecast, the monsoon is expected to break over eastern UP by June 20 and western UP by June 25. In light of this, Singh said flood preparedness at the village level should be ensured based on micro-mapping. He said that officials and personnel should be assigned duties at the flood control room and all flood posts should be established by June 20. A mock drill at the tehsil level will be conducted on June 26, and all 44 sensitive districts have to participate in it. Singh directed officials to carry out inspections and repair work of flood-prone villages and embankments by June 20. The sites for establishing flood shelters should be identified immediately, and adequate boats and other necessary resources should be pre-identified. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pinga-Pinga e HBP? Tome isso 1x ao dia se tem mais de 40 anos Portal Saúde do Homem Clique aqui Undo "During floods, cooked food, clean drinking water, sanitation facilities, and fodder should be adequately provided in relief camps, and there should be no compromise on the quality of distributed relief materials," he said. He further said that inlets and outlets of Amrit Sarovars should be cleaned, encroachments removed, and catchment areas improved. The emphasis was also placed on increasing awareness of water conservation under the 'Catch the Rain' campaign. The relief commissioner informed the chief secretary that 44 districts, 118 tehsils, 2,500 villages, and 5,600 hamlets in the state are flood-sensitive. Pre-deployment of rescue forces at the tehsil level was done for flood rescue, with 48 teams of 17 flood companies of PAC, 15 teams of SDRF, and 11 teams of NDRF pre-deployed in 74 highly sensitive tehsils. "Over 10,000 trained disaster friends will assist in search and rescue operations. For flood management, 18 highly sensitive districts have been allocated 50 lakh each, 12 sensitive districts 25 lakh each, and 14 generally sensitive districts 10 lakh each," he said. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
45 killed in rain-related incidents in UP
Lucknow: At least 45 people died in Uttar Pradesh due to heavy winds and thundershowers that lashed several districts in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Out of these, two persons died after they were struck by lightning. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath carried out continuous monitoring of the situation, directing officials to implement relief and rescue operations at the earliest in the affected districts. Relief commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami issued directions to all divisional commissioners to release compensation to the families of the deceased within 24 hours, preferably on May 22 itself. He further said that districts which do not have funds under the necessary heads, should immediately inform the headquarters and have funds released. All local administrations were asked to carry out survey of agricultural fields to assess damage to crops and submit a report to the headquarters at the earliest, so that compensation could be issued. A govt spokesperson said that 18 districts were impacted by hail, squally winds and thundershowers. Out of the 45 deaths reported, five each were from Kasganj and Fatehpur, four each from Meerut and Auraiya, three each from Bulandshahr, Gautam Budh Nagar, Kanpur Nagar, Kannauj and Etah, two each from Ghaziabad, Etawah and Kanpur Dehat and one each in Firozabad, Aligarh, Hathras and Amethi. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo In addition to this, one person each in Chitrakoot and Ambedkarnagar died after they were hit by lightning. The India Meteorological Department reported that due to cyclonic circulations originating over Punjab, squally winds of 60-100 kmph lashed parts of the state, while heavy rainfall was reported from pockets of eastern UP. More thunderstorm activity is expected till Monday with possibility of light to moderate rain and gusty winds, especially over central UP and Terai regions. The govt spokesperson said the Met department had warned of a fall of 2-4 degrees Celsius in the maximum temperature till Saturday, and thereafter, there can be a rise of 2-3 degrees Celsius over the next few days. He said that warnings have been issued to districts where necessary, so that residents could be informed in advance in case the weather situation deteriorated.
