Locals displaced after residential areas inundate due to swelling rivers in India

Record ID: 1632053

  • Title: Locals displaced after residential areas inundate due to swelling rivers in India
  • Date: 13th August 2021
  • Summary: WEST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (AUGUST 12, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) HOUSE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOODED AREA FLOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AMBULANCE MAN WALKING IN KNEE-DEEP WATER VARIOUS OF FLOODED RESIDENTIAL AREAS MAN WALKING ON WATERLOGGED ROAD VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BEING RESCUED ON BOAT MAN WALKING NEAR RELIEF SHELTER TENTS BY ROADSIDE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT RELIEF SHELTER WOMAN COOKING ON MUD AND FIREWOOD STOVE (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) TRIBAL WOMAN DISPLACED BY FLOODS, JHARNA SINGH, SAYING: "Everyone says the same thing about the government (that there is no help). Some boys from outside came and gave us food. Nobody local helped us. They just gave us water packets…threw them at us from a distance. They didn't even feel the need to get out of their cars. We have been drinking water for the last one week (without food). The local leaders left after giving only water instead of food for the kids. We survive by drinking water." PRAYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (AUGUST 13, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF FLOODED AREA HOUSES PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATER RESCUE TEAM MEMBER ON BOAT INUNDATED HOUSES VARIOUS OF RESCUE RAFTS APPROACHING PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSES RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS GIVING FOOD TO STRANDED PEOPLE ON PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSES (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RESCUE TEAM MEMBER, PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH, SAYING: "We are looking after the task of taking relief material to stranded people in floods. If they have certain needs related to medical attention, we take care of that. It is also our job to rescue stranded people." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT RELIEF SHELTER FOOD BEING DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE FOOD PLATE VEGETABLE CURRY CONTAINER FOOD BEING DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL, RAM KISHORE, SAYING: "All those taking shelters here have their houses inundated in floods. They have been coming here since the 8th of this month. As long as the Ganges is swelling over the danger mark, they will live here and only after the water recedes, they will be able to return to their homes." ONBOARD, INDIA (AUGUST 13, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) UTTAR PRADESH STATE CHIEF, YOGI ADITYANATH, WATCHING FLOODED AREAS THROUGH WINDOW IN A HELICOPTER AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED AREA ADITYANATH WATCHING VARIOUS OF AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED AREA ADITYANATH WATCHING FROM THE HELICOPTER WINDOW AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED AREA
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2021 12:49
  • Keywords: India Uttar Pradesh aerial survey floods monsoon rainfall rains relief rescue river shelter waterlogging
  • Location: WEST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL/PRAYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH/ ON BOARD, INDIA
  • City: WEST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL/PRAYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH/ ON BOARD, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EQ44DAN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Swelling rivers in India inundated several residential areas displacing thousands on Friday (August 13).
    Damaging houses and forcing occupants to move out, floods left locals in India's eastern West Midnapur district without food and they were taking shelter under tarpaulin tents on the roadside.
    In northern Uttar Pradesh state where more than 1,200 villages are affected by flood according to state data, people were moved to relief shelters in Prayagraj district.
    State Chief, Yogi Adityanath did an aerial survey of the flood-affected regions on Friday.
    Annual rainfall is essential in India as rains support two-thirds of the 1.25 billion population living in rural areas who rely on farming. But excessive rainfalls cause problems like floods, landslides, and water-borne diseases.
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