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MHA constitutes inter-ministerial team to assess damage caused by rains, floods in Gujarat – India TV

Image Source : PTI A flooded area after heavy rainfall in Vadodara Gujarat floods: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted an inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) to assess damages caused by rainfall and floods in Gujarat. The state was hit by heavy to extremely heavy rainfall between August 25 and 30 caused by a deep depression formed over Rajasthan and Gujarat. The team, led by the Executive Director of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), will shortly visit the flood-affected districts of the state. At least 25 people have died in rain-related incidents across the state since August 25. MHA in touch with  senior officers of affected states Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also affected by heavy to very heavy rainfall. Multiple spells of heavy rains, cloudbursts and landslides have caused extensive damage in Himachal Pradesh this year. The MHA is in touch with senior officers of these states, and will depute IMCT there as well, if the severe damages are reported by them, the statement said. During this monsoon, some other states have been affected …

MHA forms inter-ministerial team to assess damage caused by rains, floods in Gujarat | India News

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs Sunday constituted an inter-ministerial team to assess the damage caused by the heavy downpour and floods in Gujarat, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying. The MHA in a statement said that the Centre was fully committed to providing all possible help to the flood-affected states under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At least 36 people have died in rain-related incidents since August 25 in Gujarat. The MHA is also in touch with senior officers in such states, and will depute central teams for the assessment of the damage, officials said. Heavy and incessant rainfall, especially in central Gujarat districts of Vadodara, Anand and Kheda, as well as Dwarka, Jamnagar, Morbi and Porbandar in Saurashtra, have led to severe flooding in the state this week. With one more death reported from Jamnagar on Saturday, the death toll in the flash flood caused by heavy rainfall in seven districts of Saurahstra and Kutch climbed to 27. (With PTI inputs) Click here to join The Indian Express on WhatsApp …