Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, accompanied by team of officers from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), visited flood/landslides affected areas of Dimapur and Kohima districts today and reviewed the search, rescue and relief measures taken by the State Government and other Central Government agencies with the Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Home Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior officers of the State administration.
After reaching Dimapur, State Government officials briefed about the prevailing disaster situation in the State and thereupon Rijiju, along with Chief Minister of Nagaland and officers from Central Government and State Government undertook aerial survey of flood and landslides affected areas of Dimapur and Kohima. After aerial survey, review meeting was held at Dimapur.
During the meeting Shri Rijiju expressed his satisfaction on the arrangements made by the State administration in managing the unprecedented situation due to recent floods and landslides incidents in the State and in providing basic amenities, including food, water and medical service etc. in the rescue and relief camps. He assured the State Government that after receiving the memoranda, the Inter-Minister Central Team will visit the State within ten to fifteen days. He also assured the State Government that the second installment of SDRF will be released very soon.
The Chief Minister of Nagaland thanked the Central Government for prompt response and deploying Indian Air Force helicopters as well as NDRF teams for rescue and relief operation and assisting the administration in relief distribution.
