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Flood situation grim in north MP: Chouhan

-PTI/ The Hindu

5,950 people shifted to safer places; rescue operations under way, says CM

The flood situation is “grim” in north Madhya Pradesh where over 1,200 villages were affected following heavy rainfall and 5,950 people were shifted to safer places with the help of the Army, the NDRF, the BSF and State agencies, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday.

He said 1,950 persons were still stranded in flood-hit areas and efforts were on to rescue them.

Rail services between Shivpuri and Gwalior and telecom services in Morena district were badly affected, he told reporters.

The rescue operations using helicopters resumed again on Wednesday, after being affected due to the bad weather on Tuesday.

Aerial survey

The Chief Minister undertook an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas on Wednesday afternoon.

“The flood situation in north Madhya Pradesh is grim... 1,225 villages in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Gwalior, Guna, Bhind and Morena districts are affected,” Mr. Chouhan said.

The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Army and the BSF together succeeded in evacuating 5,950 people from 240 villages, he said.

“Four columns of the Army, BSF, NDRF teams and 70 teams of the SDRF have been deployed for the rescue work. More teams of the NDRF are coming ... five helicopters of the Air Force, including four in Gwalior and one in Shivpuri, have also been pressed into rescue operations,” the Chief Minister said.

But, it was a matter of relief that the water level was coming down in some places, he said.

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