Mayawati Urges Immediate Relief, Long-Term Fixes After Floods Across North India
Her appeal underscores recurring infrastructure gaps that demand lasting preparedness.
Overview
- Posting on X on September 4, the BSP chief pressed the Centre and state governments to extend comprehensive aid to every affected family with a humanitarian approach.
- She pointed to extensive loss of life, property and livestock from heavy rain, floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
- She highlighted severe waterlogging in Gurugram and Noida, saying the disruption has imposed acute hardship and financial stress on millions of households.
- She welcomed large-scale volunteer efforts providing food, shelter and other assistance, while emphasizing that the duty of relief and recovery rests with authorities.
- Reports describe swollen rivers, breached embankments and recurring urban flooding that have displaced thousands, with no specific government response to her appeal reported so far.