At least 55 families were saved from a village hit by flooding in the Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, according to officials. The flood happened because water from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana made the Yamuna river rise.
The families who were rescued come from Badarpur village, which is located on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Loni sub-division. They were taken to safety with the help of a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team that was sent to the area, said Additional District Magistrate (Finance) Saurabh Bhatt.
"Arrangements for food, including milk for infants, have been made for the rescued families," Bhatt said, adding that camps have been set up for villagers, though many are reluctant to move to them.
The ADM stated that the main focus of the administration is to safeguard the Yamuna embankment to stop floodwaters from affecting more villages. Engineers from the irrigation department are working along the embankment to monitor the area all day and night.
Ambulances, a team from the health department, and necessary medicines have also been sent to the area that was affected. The ADM said that fodder supplies for cattle have been sent to the villages of Badarpur, Mirpur Hindu, Pachayra, Cardamom, Lutfullapur Nawada, and Allipur.
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