The honorable Union Home Minister of India, Shri Amit Shah will have a high-level meeting today to look into flood awareness and preparedness of all states just before the onset of the monsoon In India. In the meeting, Mr. Shah will also look into the stock of the preparations made by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the flood-affected areas, and reviewed the long-term measures to formulate a wide and comprehensive policy to mitigate flood-related problems in the country.
Amit Shah Shah wants the officials to continuously strengthen the coordination between the Central and state-level agencies by establishing a permanent system to provide detailed predictions up to the local level of floods and rise in water levels in the major catchment areas of the country. The Home Minister said that during the current flood season, the present and forecasted river levels should be monitored every hour and during floods, all concerned stakeholders should take appropriate measures.
Amit Shah will also direct the NDRF to prepare SOPs in consultation with the states for issuing early rain warnings at the local, municipal, and district levels in areas witnessing heavy rainfall.
