Overview
- During a Sunday visit, the chief minister met affected families in Bahraich, reviewed rescue efforts by aerial survey, and issued on-the-spot directives.
- He handed relief cheques of ₹4 lakh to bereaved families and announced ₹15 lakh in resettlement assistance per household as part of the rehabilitation package.
- Officials were told to identify and allot land within a month and to build a new Bharthapur Colony with electricity, water, roads, schools and anganwadi centres.
- He said a second body was recovered as searches continue for others, noting hazardous river conditions that hindered operations, including the presence of crocodiles.
- He instructed authorities to map other vulnerable forest settlements in Bahraich and begin relocations, with rehabilitation budgets to be submitted immediately.