Floods Leave Villagers Homeless in Uttar Pradesh, India
- 13 years ago
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And floods have made people homeless in northern India. Heavy monsoon rains are sweeping up homes in one district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Several people are now homeless after a heavy monsoon downpour led to a flood in Bijnor, a district of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state Sunday.
Locals say that the floodwater has ruined their houses and damaged their crops.
The villagers make do in makeshift tents, but the weather is cold and there is danger from attacks by wild animals.
Flood victims say they haven't received enough help from the government.
[Balbir Singh, Flood Victim]:
"The District Magistrate came here twice and he promised that we would be shifted to some other place where houses would be built for us."
But authorities say they're doing what they can.
[S.B. Tiwari, Bijnor District Magistrate]:
"The priority of the government to relocate them. So we are looking into the matter and will shift them as soon as possible."
While monsoon rains are vital for India's farming sector, they lead to many people losing their homes every year.
And floods have made people homeless in northern India. Heavy monsoon rains are sweeping up homes in one district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Several people are now homeless after a heavy monsoon downpour led to a flood in Bijnor, a district of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state Sunday.
Locals say that the floodwater has ruined their houses and damaged their crops.
The villagers make do in makeshift tents, but the weather is cold and there is danger from attacks by wild animals.
Flood victims say they haven't received enough help from the government.
[Balbir Singh, Flood Victim]:
"The District Magistrate came here twice and he promised that we would be shifted to some other place where houses would be built for us."
But authorities say they're doing what they can.
[S.B. Tiwari, Bijnor District Magistrate]:
"The priority of the government to relocate them. So we are looking into the matter and will shift them as soon as possible."
While monsoon rains are vital for India's farming sector, they lead to many people losing their homes every year.