Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday instructed the officials of the concerned districts to conduct relief work with full promptness in view of the ongoing rains and rain-related incidents in the state for the last few days.
According to an official statement issued on Friday morning, Chief Minister Yogi said that officials should visit the area and monitor the relief work and provide help to the affected people. He has given instructions to immediately provide appropriate relief amount to the families affected by the loss of lives due to the disaster.
Yogi said that appropriate financial assistance should be provided immediately to the affected people whose houses were damaged or animals were lost in rain-related incidents. According to a statement issued from the Relief Commissioner’s office on Thursday, a total of three people have died in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh from 6 pm on September 25 to 6 pm on September 26.
In Lalitpur, one person died due to lightning, while in Hardoi and Unnao, one person each died due to drowning. The relief department has not yet released the figures of casualties due to the rains that occurred after Thursday evening.