HC seeks details of relief work in flood-affected districts of

UP Allahabad, Aug 29 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court todaydirected district magistrates of all flood-affected districtsin Uttar Pradesh to provide details of relief work undertakenin their respective areas of jurisdiction. A division bench comprising Justices Arun Tandon andSunita Agarwala passed the order on a PIL filed by one DevkantVerma who had alleged that several districts in the state wereaffected by floods and the condition in eight of these wasserious. The relief provided to the people by the administration,which included distribution of food and medicines, wasinadequate, the petition said. Passing the direction, the court fixed September 1 as thenext date of hearing in the matter. PTI CORR NAC IKA SCIKA