Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Dr Mohan Yadav reached Rewa directly from New Delhi on Sunday to review the situation arising from heavy rainfall and ongoing relief operations across the Rewa, Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions. He held a high-level meeting with divisional officials, district collectors and superintendents of police, issuing a series of directions to ensure relief, healthcare and essential services reach affected residents without delay.

MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav taking stock of the flood-hit areas

CM Dr Yadav also inspected waterlogged areas in Gulab Nagar, Rewa, to take stock of the ground situation.

Relief camps to remain fully equipped

The Chief Minister directed officials to ensure that relief camps in areas where floodwater remains are properly managed, with adequate stocks of food, drinking water and medicines.

He said residents whose houses or essential belongings have been destroyed must be provided immediate assistance under RBC 6(4). Officials were also instructed to maintain strict cleanliness at relief camps.

In areas where floodwater has receded, government teams must be sent to the affected localities to ensure residents do not face shortages of food or drinking water. All water sources and hand pumps in affected areas should be chlorinated using bleaching powder and other appropriate measures to ensure the safety of drinking water.

CM Dr Yadav further ordered special medical camps in villages and urban wards that witnessed flooding.

Waterlogged areas of MP after torrential rainfall

Vigilance against disease outbreaks

The Chief Minister stressed the need to take even patients suffering from fever, cold and cough seriously to prevent any possibility of an outbreak.

He directed authorities to immediately restore electricity in villages where power supplies were disrupted due to heavy rainfall. Veterinary teams must also be deployed in flood-affected areas to treat animals.

If livestock has died, officials were told to ensure scientific disposal of carcasses to prevent the spread of disease. Adequate arrangements for fodder, food and water must also be made in gaushalas and other cattle shelters.

Officials ordered to get on the ground

CM Dr Yadav instructed officials to immediately conduct surveys wherever crop damage has been reported. If crops were damaged at an early stage of sowing, arrangements should be made to provide farmers with seeds and other necessary assistance.

Officials and employees from the Revenue, Panchayat and Rural Development, Health, Veterinary and Agriculture departments were directed to remain in the field and form teams to visit affected areas.

A special cleanliness drive must also be launched across urban local bodies and villages to minimise the risk of disease.

Govt to ensure assistance to affected families

Speaking to the media after the review meeting, CM Dr Yadav said most residents who had moved to relief camps had returned home after rainfall subsided over the past two days.

He said people whose houses were damaged, as well as families affected by loss of life or livestock, would receive compensation and necessary assistance as per government rules.

The Chief Minister also said administrative officials had been given necessary directions in view of the possibility of an active rainfall cycle in some districts between August 24 and 27, 2026. Continuous monitoring of potentially affected areas and preparedness for relief and rescue operations have been ordered.

CM Dr Yadav noted that Madhya Pradesh has so far received around 20% less rainfall than normal this year. The Agriculture Department has therefore been asked to promote crops that can deliver better yields with less water and provide farmers with appropriate guidance.

The government, he said, would focus on protecting citizens while safeguarding farmers’ interests amid changing weather conditions.