Lucknow, July 5 -- Presiding over a meeting of the state executive committee here on Friday, chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh emphasised that preparations to deal with the flood situation in Uttar Pradesh should be completed in time.

He said special monitoring teams should be formed and remain alert in sensitive districts to tackle floods.

During the meeting, the committee approved a total of Rs.55.59 crore for the Mahakumbh-2025 for disaster prevention and security, allocating Rs.40.90 crore to the police traffic department and Rs.14.69 crore to the police ATS.

Additionally, Rs.64.73 crore was approved for the forest department for the financial year 2024-25 under the State Disaster Mitigation Fund guidelines for human-wildlife confl...