Dynamite News Varanasi 'ghats' under flood threat; NDRF positions teams along
"Before the arrival of monsoons and floods, the NDRF team prepares itself completely so that we have complete arrangements to deal with any situation." Read further on Dynamite News:
Varanasi: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed along Varanasi ghats in Uttar Pradesh in view of the possible flood situation from the monsoon rains, said an official on Saturday.
"Before the arrival of monsoons and floods, the NDRF team prepares itself completely so that we have complete arrangements to deal with any situation. Two teams of the NDRF will remain deployed on all ghats in Varanasi. An awareness campaign is being spread to warn people away from deep waters," said DIG 11th batallion NDRF Varanasi, Manoj Kumar Sharma.
According to the latest report of the Central Water Commission, the water level of the Ganga in Varanasi is stable but the people living on the banks of the Ganga are living in fear because the rainwater from the mountains has now started coming to the plains. (with Agency inputs)