CM Vishnu Deo Sai Directs Officials to Ensure All Possible Help for Bastar Flood Victims
Instructs district in-charge secretaries to visit affected areas and monitor relief operations
Guidelines issued during review meeting on flood-affected districts
Raipur, August 28, 2025/
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has directed officials to ensure that every flood-affected family in the Bastar division receives all possible assistance. He said that it is the foremost responsibility of the administration to ease the suffering of flood-hit families at the earliest. “People should feel that in this hour of crisis, the government stands firmly with them,” the Chief Minister underlined.
CM Sai issued these instructions today while reviewing the relief and rehabilitation measures through video conferencing with the Collectors and senior officials of Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur and Sukma districts, which have been severely affected by floods.
Chief Minister Shri Sai instructed officials to immediately provide relief compensation to families affected by loss of human lives and livestock due to the floods. He further directed that tarpaulins, bamboo and timber poles, and cash relief for repairing damaged houses must be distributed on priority.
Shri Sai also directed that the district in-charge secretaries must visit their respective districts and ensure continuous monitoring of relief operations on the ground.
He asked the concerned departments to undertake restoration of road connectivity, repair of damaged bridges and culverts, and resumption of electricity supply in affected villages on a war footing. He emphasized that in a sensitive region like Bastar, the speedy restoration of basic services is the key to successful relief work.
The Chief Minister assured that the state government will reach every affected family and no one will be left alone. He added that the government’s goal is to ensure timely relief to every person and to accelerate the pace of rehabilitation efforts.
The review meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Shri Amitabh Jain and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Shri Subodh Singh. The Chief Secretary asked Collectors to immediately send proposals if they required any additional assistance from the state government so that decisions could be taken without delay.
Principal Secretary Shri Subodh Singh instructed Collectors to ensure adequate arrangements for food, clothing and dry rations in the relief camps. He also stressed that health camps and safe drinking water facilities must be mandatorily provided in relief camps and affected villages.
At the beginning of the meeting, Revenue Secretary Smt. Reena Kangale briefed the Chief Minister on the flood situation in Bastar and the relief measures undertaken so far. She informed that additional rations have already been allocated to all flood-affected districts and are being delivered to the affected families.
Subsequently, the Chief Minister held direct discussions with the Collectors of the four districts and reviewed the progress of relief and rehabilitation operations in their respective areas. The Collectors informed him that water levels have now begun to recede in most flood-affected regions and the situation is under control. They added that the current focus of the administration is to expedite relief and rehabilitation work.
The review meeting was also attended by Public Works Department Secretary Shri Kamalpreet Singh, Bastar Divisional Commissioner Shri Doman Singh, and Inspector General of Police Shri P. Sundarraj.
