Central teams to assess flood damage in Gujarat

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Updated At : 06:55 AM Sep 02, 2024 IST

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New Delhi, September 1

The Centre on Sunday constituted an inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) to be led by the executive director of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) to assess the damage caused by rain and floods in Gujarat. A similar IMCT has also been formed for Nagaland.

The teams will soon visit the flood-affected areas in both states, official sources said.

Since August 25, Gujarat was severely affected by heavy to extremely heavy rainfall due to a deep depression formed over Rajasthan and Gujarat. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also affected by heavy rainfall.

During the year, Himachal Pradesh has also been affected by various spells of heavy rainfall, cloudbursts and landslides.

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