Devendra Fadnavis demands compensation to the flood affected people

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Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has demanded that the state government should immediately help the flood victims by conducting inspection in the areas and also the state government should release a separate Government Resolution (GR) on the lines of Kolhapur floods and immediate compensation should be given to the affected people.

Bhandara district has been receiving incessant rains from the last two days including Bhandara-Gondia district. All 33 gates of Gosekhurd dam in Pawani taluka were opened by four meters. By opening the gates of the dams, a flood like situation has arisen.

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Due to discharge of 26,000 cusecs of water from the Gosekhurd dam. The back water of Gosekhurd Dam has subverted in Nagpur Naka (Sai Nath Nagar) area of Bhandara city. The water entered the Bhandara city and hence the Bhandara-Nagpur road is closed due to waterlogging up to four feet

After 25 years, water reached up to Ranji’s Ganesh temple.

It’s after 25 years, water up to two feet has entered into the Ranji’s Ganesha temple on the banks of the river. Contact of Bhandara district has been cut off from both the states since last night due to flooding of Wainganga river flowing from the state of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The Bawanthadi dam is 100 per cent full due to heavy rains in the past two days. Four gates of this dam have been opened.

Wainganga, Bawanthadi river floods

For the last three days, Bhandara-Gondia district and Madhya Pradesh have been receiving continuous rains. On the other hand, due to the opening of the Sanjay Sarovar dam in Madhya Pradesh, the Wainganga river is overflowing and the Bawanthadi river is also filled to its capacity. Due to the rising water level of Wainganga river, all the gates of Gosekhurd dam have been opened above four meters and discharge of water has started.

Flood waters in poultry farm results in death of 3500 hens

Many river nallas have been flooded in Bhandara district due to heavy rains for the last three days. Farmers’ farms are also flooded. Govind Bondre, a farmer from Devhada Khurd village in Mohadi taluka, had set up a poultry farm on the farm as an additional occupation to his farm. However, due to continuous rains, the water of Wainganga river infiltrated four feet of water in the poultry farm and 3500 hens died and were seen floating in the water. The farmer has demanded financial help from the government due to financial loss of around Rs 3,50,000.

The flood situation in East Vidarbha is critical and floods have caused severe damage in Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts.

“This situation has arisen due to lack of proper coordination with the Madhya Pradesh government. The water reached 36 hours after the release of Rajivsagar dam. The damage could have been avoided if the citizens had been alerted in time. Failure to do so, however, has caused severe damage to houses and farms along the river. About 5,000 families are affected in Bhandara district and 13 villages in Chandrapur are affected. In Gondia, 40 villages are affected”, said Fadnavis.

Further, he said, many villages in Gadchiroli have lost contact. Even now, the state government should take immediate steps to help. NDRF’s help could have been sought in time, but it was also delayed. Now the state government should help in time by conducting immediate inspection.