category Regional, deoria,, tags Regional, deoria,, DW BUREAU Deoria After the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with top officials of 24 flood-affected districts through video conferencing on Wednesday the district magistrate Deoria Jitendra Pratap Singh reviewed preparations related to flood control measures in the area. In this meeting, the Chief Minister had given instructions to complete all preparations before June 15. District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh reviewed the preparations related to flood control at the NIC located at Collectorate. He informed that flood control posts have been set up at nine places like Pidra, Ekauna, Dadhia, Madanpur Kevatlia, Chhitupur-Bhagalpur, Pindi, Sheetalmajha, Gaighat and Nadawar etc. in the district which will remain functional 24x7. Eight sensitive embankments have been identified in the district. The District Magistrate directed the Executive Engineer Flood Control to monitor all the eight sensitive embankments and said that if any deficiency is found in any embankment, it should be removed in time. Special monitoring should be done on Pandeyamajha-Jogia embankment on Gorra river. The DM said that two wireless stations would be set up at Pidra Ghat and Pindi, which would be operational from June 15 to October 21, 2023. The District Magistrate said that for the safety of the embankments, the work of marking and filling the rat holes has been completed. Raincuts etc. have been done on the embankments as per the requirement. Continuous monitoring of the embankment is being done. Gauge sites have been set up at Bhedi, Barhaj, Pindra and Nadavar to take gauges of the rivers in the district. There are 22 regulators constructed on the embankment for rain water drainage. Repair, oiling, greasing etc. of the damaged regulators have been done. The District Magistrate informed that 53 flood protection committees have been formed on 25 embankments, which include junior engineers, village heads, former heads and eminent residents of the village. Apart from this, it was also directed to organize a special session for capacity building in flood prone areas. The District Magistrate said that 249 boats, including 13 big boats, 120 medium boats and 116 small boats, have been arranged to keep the movement of people smooth in case of flood emergency. Similarly, a list of 9 divers in Barhaj tehsil and 15 in Rudrapur tehsil i.e. a total of 24 divers has also been made, who will be available to deal with any emergency situation. The District Magistrate has handed over all the 14 projects related to flood control to the flood control department by June 15. (editor dailyworld.in)