Cachar DC Laya Madduri Takes Stock of Relief Camps

Our Correspondent

Silchar: Laya Madduri, visited 227 Surjamoni LP School, Kalinagar under Katigorah constituency on Monday to inquire about the condition of the flood victims who sought shelter in the relief camp therein. Along with Circle Officer Jitendra Taid, Laya Madduri spoke to the camp inmates including 14 families, 56 inmates. She learnt about their woes. She also noticed that electrification done during last Parliamentary election in 2019 has helped in having proper electricity in the relief camps.

Later, she directed the headmaster of the school to maintain cleanliness in the school premises and enquired about the drinking water provided to them. Laya Madduri also instructed the in-charge of the relief camp to take proper care for the cleanliness of bathroom and toilets in the school premise. She instructed CO to see that the relief materials, baby food in particular, are properly and adequately distributed to the inmates through Social Welfare Department. She also took stock of the situation in the proximity and directed the officials to keep the surroundings clean. It may be mentioned that already over 3,000 people have been affected by flood in Katigorah and over 9,000 people across Cachar are struggling with water inundating their homes and cropland.

Officials of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Cachar, have informed that owing to the heavy rainfall for the last few days, cropland, human lives and villages have been affected. In Sadar Revenue Circle and Katigorah Revenue Circle, a total number of 41 villages, 94.80 hectares of cropland and 10,131 human lives have been affected. Relief camps have been set up at various places like Malini Beel, Bethukandi LP School, Surjamoni LP School, Madarpar Madrassa, Dakshin Harinagar LP School and Nathanpur LP School. In Cachar, a total number of 6 relief camps have been set up.

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