Separate force like NDRF to be formed in all Maha districts: CM Uddhav Thackeray

Amid the rain havoc in parts of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force SDRF will also be strengthenedThe number of deaths due to flooding landslides and other rainrelated incidents in parts of Maharashtra reached 113 on Sunday with one more casualty reported in the last 24 hours while 100 people were missing after the monsoon fury the state government saidSo far 50 people have also been injured in these incidents the government said in a statementOn Sunday Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visited Chiplun the site of severe flooding in Ratnagiri district of the Konkan regionAddressing a press conference in the rainbattered town Thackeray said Considering the frequent natural calamities a separate force on the lines of the NationalDisaster Response Force NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state Similarly a flood management machinery will also be set upAlso read Maharashtra Floods 113 dead 100 missing CM Uddhav Thackeray visits rainbattered ChiplunAccompanied by Ministers Anil Parab and Uday Samant MLA Bhaskar Jadhav Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and other civic and police officials Thackeray interacted with traders shopkeepers and residents who had to take refuge on roofs or on top of building tops were marooned for nearly three days amid 1520 feet waterMany recounted their plight with tears in their eyes some others lost control and a group of agitated townies attempted to gherao the CM and his entourage demanding promised assistance and rehabilitationThe Chief Minister later undertook a detailed review meeting at a private hotel and took details of the unprecedented disaster the deaths and missing people the damage to public and private properties the type of immediate help and longterm assistance to rebuild the town etcI will not make any populist announcements right now but make a comprehensive study and then we shall give the compensation how much help can be asked from the Centre within a couple of days Thackeray told media personsHe directed the local administration to provide food water and medicines to the displaced peopleThackeray also said he will not celebrate his birthday on July 27 in the wake of the rain havoc claiming several lives in Maharashtra and asked people not to put up hoardings or come to meet him in personHe said there should be no public programmes on his birthday in view of the Covid19 pandemic and urged people to contribute to the chief ministers relief fundThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever