The flood situation is improving steadily in absence of further rains. While the water level of the rivers is decreasing waterlogging in the urban areas is also clearing fast. However, low lying lands which were inundated are still reeling under water.
In the meantime, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday morning has taken an aerial view in an IAF chopper of the flood situation in Gomati and South Tripura districts.
The IMD predicted heavy to extremely heavy rains and that was seriously worrisome news. But fortynately there was no rains since Thursday night and that helped improve the situation.
In the meantime, however, three-day NEC plenary which was scheduled to be held in Agartala from August 30 has been postponed due to unprecedented flood situation. It is believed that the state will take some time recover from the devastation that the flood leaves behind. Since all the government and semi government machineries will be required to put their all efforts in meeting the post flood situation the NEC meeting has been deferred.
Official sources said there has not been any let up in the rescue and relief operations in the flood affected areas. The IAF MI 17 choppers which were brought to conduct rescue operations have also been pressed to carry relief materials in severely affected areas for the marooned people. The government in the mean time also entrusted some senior officials with additional charges and bestowed upon them specific tasks to oversee the rescue operations and relief distribution.
According to a notification issued on Thursday Ravel Hemendra Kumar, Special Secretary to the will hold the charge of Special DM and Collector, Gomati District, Tripura.
“In addition to his normal charges with the full powers of the DM & Collector, Gomati District”, it added.
Additionally, five more TCS officers have been assigned to oversee the distribution of relief items.
Anurag Sen, Dy Director, Panchayat, Jayanta Deb, Dy Director, Land Records and Settlement, Kamal Debbarma Dy Director, Land Records and Settlement, Mithun Das Choudhury, Dy Director, Education Department and Prabal Kanti Deb, Dy Director, YAS have been placed under the disposal of the Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
Apart from these, NC Sharma, Director of Education (School) Department, and Prasun Dey, Director of Panchayat, have been directed to assist the Food Department in relief effort
