Rijiju to visit flood affected areas of Nagaland

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New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju along with team of officers from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will visit flood and landslides affected areas of Nagaland  on August 5, 2018.

The team will visit the flood and landslides affected areas of Districts Dimapur and Kohima and review the search, rescue and relief measures taken by the State Government and other Central Government agencies with the Chief Minister, Nagaland, Chief Secretary and other senior officers of the State administration, according to a PIB release.

During the current season, various parts of Nagaland have been affected by heavy rains and rain oriented calamities including landslides at various places. A teams of NDRF consisting of 35 rescuers with essential rescue equipment are already deployed in Nagaland to assist the State administration in the relief and rescue operation as well as distribution of essential relief materials and  to provide medical support to affected people at the time of emergency. Two Air Force helicopters have also been deployed in Nagaland for assisting State administration in lifting and dropping of essential commodities.