NEW DELHI : Army, the main rescue agency, is now gearing up for stemming the worst scenario of spread of epidemic in Jammu and Kashmir following its submergence in deep waters for more than ten days and sanitation lines getting chocked every passing minute. As facility of providing safe water to residents was emerging as a new challenge for authorities, 13 tonnes of water purifying tablets and six water filtration plants with a capacity to filter 1.2 lakh bottles a day has been sent to Srinagar.
Two water purification plants and seven lakhs chlorine tablets were being sent today from Delhi. Engineering stores, including suction pumps from Visakhapatnam, were also being sent to flood-affected area, Army sources said. Armed Forces Medical Services have been asked to keep a close watch on the situation. Four field hospitals have been established in Avantipur, Pattan, Anantnag and Old Airfield where more than 21,500 patients have been treated so far. One more fully equipped field hospital from Bathinda was on its way to Srinagar.
Around 20 tonnes of medicines and other healthcare materials are also being transported from Delhi to the flood-affected areas. Health situation was being closely monitored in the 19 relief camps established by the Army in Srinagar and Jammu regions.
Over 1,25,000 people have been rescued so far by the Armed Forces and NDRF from different parts of the state. Armed Forces personnel are distributing water bottles and food packets on a large scale. So far 2,98,000 litres of water, 31,500 food packets and over 533 tonnes cooked food have already been airdropped and distributed in the affected areas.
(AGENCIES)
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