Jammu and Kashmir floods: Supreme Court asks state government to boost up relief operations

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to take more steps for the rehabilitation of flood victims by making more food, water, medicines and fuel available to them.

According to reports, the apex court has also asked the state government to consider the grant to be of ex-gratia to those affected by the floods.

The Indian Meteorological Department (MeT) earlier in the day said that the weather in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir is likely to remain clear as the possibility of rain is less.

As the flood water has started receding, the apprehension for the water-borne diseases is raising. The demand for filtered water has also increased.

Thirteen tonnes of water purifying tablets and six water filtration plants with a capacity to filter 1.2 lakh bottles per day were sent earlier to Srinagar.

Along with the heavy duty suction pumps, twenty RO plants with a capacity to filter four lakhs litres per day from Hyderabad and four RO plants from Delhi with a capacity to filter one lakh litres per day are being sent to Srinagar, today.

More heavy duty suction pumps are being airlifted from Jodhpur and Raipur. Sewage pumps from Delhi have also been dispatched to the valley.

Thirty generator sets of three to five KVA capacity have also been sent to Srinagar to augment continuous power supply in relief camps and field hospitals.

Additional communication equipments of BSNL are being dispatched to restore the communication systems in the state.

To restore the road connectivity, five task forces of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which include 5700 personnel, have been deployed in Srinagar, Rajouri and Akhnoor.