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United Nations: The United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) is helping India in rushing relief supplies to millions
of people uprooted from their homes in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and
Uttarakhand by heavy floods.
The agency has supplied tarpaulin sheets, jerry cans, water
purification tablets and mosquito nets, among other items, to more
than 8,000 displaced families in Uttar Pradesh. It has also
pre-positioned its supplies in 10 high-risk districts to help
10,000 families.
Nearly 1.7 million people in Uttar Pradesh have been affected by
heavy rainfall and floods in the major rivers of the state, UNICEF
noted in a news release. The state Government there has set up 276
relief posts to distribute food and health supplies.
Meanwhile, the breach of support embankments of the Gandhak River
has resulted in the flooding of 35 villages in Gopalganj and Siwan
districts in Bihar.
UNICEF sent supplies to Gopalganj, including 282 bags of bleaching
powder, 208,000 water purifying tablets, 5,000 oral rehydration
salt sachets, 1,000 hygiene kits and soap, following a request by
the state Government.
In Uttarakhand, close to half a million people in 369 villages
across the state have been affected. A number of roads including
national highways have been damaged or blocked due to landslides.
The central government has rushed in relief to the affected areas
and deployed battalions from the National Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) to Haridwar and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, Gopalgunj in
Bihar and Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
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