The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said it has rescued 1,837 people and evacuated 9,684 in the flood-affected areas of Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat and Rajasthan. NDRF director general Sanjay Kumar, addressing a media briefing, said that teams are relentlessly continuing rescue operations in the affected areas. “Depending on the vulnerability of the areas, weather forecast and past incidents, NDRF personnel are deployed beforehand in consultation with state governments, to reduce the response time during the disasters,” said Kumar. NDRF has also rescued 40 farm animals and retrieved 19 bodies in 2017. According to Kumar, the NDRF has rescued a total of 112,243 people and evacuated 451,161 people and retrieved 2,781 bodies in numerous operations across the country and beyond boundaries.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2017 06:45 UTC