aerial survey

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik conducted aerial survey of flood-affected areas including Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Khurdha. Meanwhile, the situation continues to stay grim in the regions. Boats have been sent to assist the villages, while medical camps and cooking facilities have also been set up. Over 4.67 lakh persons across 10 districts have been affected. Also, 1,757 villages have been affected.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will conduct an aerial survey of Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur district that is affected due to an "unnatural" flood on August 10. A day before, Banerjee also surveyed the areas of Udaynarayanpur and Jhargram districts and blamed the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for releasing ''excessive water'' from its dams. Reportedly, around 23 people have died so far and many people have had to abandon their homes.

The Nationalist Congress Party has questioned PM Narendra Modi dodging an aerial survey in the Cyclone Tauktae affected regions of Maharashtra but surveyed in Gujarat and Diu on May 19. The accusations of discrimination came as Modi's aerial survey radar was limited to Gir-Somnath, Bhavnagar, Amreli districts of Gujarat, Una, Diu, Jafarabad, and Mahuva. While PM Modi will hold a review meeting after the survey, NCP called it “discrimination… read-more