actions taken by government to fight with uttarakhand flood 2013
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Minister of State for Energy Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that government was trying its best to take appropriate steps to control the situation in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.
“Natural disaster has struck Uttarakhand and our sensitivities are with affected people,” he told reporters here last night.
Scindia said the government was committed to help affected people and they were being provided with relief and other materials in adequate quantities.
He said that apart from Central and State governments, the Army was also helping in relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand.
Scindia added that officials from his ministry had been deployed in Uttarakhand.
The official death toll in the flood disaster as of yesterday was put at 680, while Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the number is likely to be around 1,000.
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New Delhi: Stepping up relief efforts, government on Friday deployed more aircraft to evacuate thousands stranded in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand even as Railways pitched in with free travel to enable those rescued to reach their hometowns.
As many as 33,152 persons have been moved to safer areas in massive relief and rescue operations launched by the Central and state governments in the last few days to tackle the unprecedented situation caused by flash floods.
Uttarakhand floods: Govt steps up rescue efforts, more than 33,000 evacuated
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"The Air Force has deployed 13 more aircraft taking the number of aircraft for relief and rescue operations to 43," I&B Minister Manish Tewari told reporters here.
He said the Railways was also operating special trains from Dehradun to Delhi, Ambala and Lucknow to ferry stranded pilgrims and tourists.
Tewari said the Railways along with the Uttarakhand government has also offered to send all stranded passengers free of cost to their respective destinations.
The Indian Air Force has deployed its heavylift Mi-26 helicopters to transport fuel and heavy equipment required by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to clear roads closed due to landslide.
The IAF has also activated advanced landing grounds at Dharasu and Gaucher and set up an airbridge to evacuate stranded persons.
Besides the Army, personnel of the Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Disaster Relief Force, BRO have been engaged in search, rescue and relief efforts.
Efforts were also on to operationalise 207 mobile towers of 739 such installations in the three affected districts of Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi.