Centre, states must coordine to handle flood: Rijiju

Union minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said there should be better and faster coordination between the central and state agencies in handling floods, besides strengthening of disaster forces. After doing an aerial survey of flood-hit Goalpara, Kamrup Rural and Dhubri districts in Assam, Rijiju said ‘firstly, the information of the forecast and dissemination of impending danger or natural disaster or calamity should reach faster to the states and ground level officials. That we will ensure. Secondly, we need to strengthen our forces.’ He said handling of the flood situation should have been more efficient and he was personally looking into it and following up the matter. ‘So I hope our entire effort will bring some respite to the affected people,’ he said.  OUR CORRESPONDENT