The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today asked the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to keep its personnel ready in case of an exigency, in the wake of heavy rains leading to a flood like situation in parts of Gujarat and south Rajasthan.
"R K Jain, member secretary NDMA took stock of heavy rainfall situation arising with the warning issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for continuous rainfall in next 48 hours in Gujarat and south Rajasthan.
"He convened a meeting with the DG IMD, NDRF, Central Water Commission and Resident Commissioners of Gujarat and Rajasthan and directed for pre-positioning of NDRF team at strategic locations as per predicted rainfall and likely flood like situation," IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore said.
Rathore added that Jain has also instructed the NDRF teams to be kept ready to meet any exigency as per the state government's requests.
The states of Rajasthan and Gujarat have been witnessing incessant rainfall due to a depression over it. This has also led to a flood like situation in many parts of the two states.
