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High-level team to review public health measures in Uttarakhand
Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in the state tomorrow. The ministry said it was monitoring the situation and has initiated a few steps for relief operations that include …
Officials warn of ‘shocking’ death toll
Rescue work in Uttarakhand to gain momentum with reopening of 16 roads. Rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, which remained affected until Thursday as helicopters faced bad weather, are now expected to speed up, as 16 badly blocked roads across the State were declared open. They include roads reaching Guptkashi in …
Angry villagers vent ire on Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Villagers hit by floods and landslips raised antigovernment slogans as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat landed at the Rudraprayag helipad on Wednesday. The flood victims demanded to know why authorities had failed in disaster mitigation efforts earlier and were failing now in providing relief …
PM announces Rs. 1,000 cr. relief for Uttarakhand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 1,000 crore to Uttarakhand for disaster relief. Of this, Rs. 145 crore would be released immediately. In a statement made after an aerial survey of the hilly regions of the State, where torrential rains wreaked havoc and caused …
54 killed in Uttarakhand, 21 bridges collapse
Monsoon fury continued to wreak havoc on Uttarakhand on Tuesday with flash floods, landslips and cloudbursts claiming 54 lives and leaving 61,890 Char-Dham yatris stranded in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, and Uttarkashi districts. Twenty-five thousand people are stranded in Rudraprayag, 27,040 in Chamoli, 9,850 in Uttarkashi, and 900 in Tehri districts. Of …
Rs 39 crore released for disaster management in U'khand
Uttarakhand government has released Rs 39 crore for disaster management in view of the state's extreme vulnerability to natural calamities during monsoon. Officials said Rs three crore will be given to each of the state's 13 districts for the purpose. District magistrates across the state have been directed to be …
Satellite based observations of devastation caused by torrential rainfall on 16th & 17th June 2013 in Kedarnath Dham and Mandakini Valley of Rudraprayag district: scientific …
Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) has compared old images of Indian satellites of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) with the new images to assess the extent of damage in the Mandakini valley after the floods. According to the USAC report titled "Satellite based observation of devastation caused by torrential rainfall …
Infant, maternal health improving: Survey
Uttarakhand continues to perform well and Uttar Pradesh poorly on key health indicators as per the findings of the Annual Health Survey (AHS) conducted in 284 districts of nine States. The nine States for which health indicators were released on Friday constitute 50 per cent of the country’s population. While …
Recent cloudburst-induced landslides around Okhimath, Uttarakhand
On 13 September 2012, the Okhimath region in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand was revisited by cloudburstinduced landslides which killed 66 people and damaged land and property.(Correspondence)
Rain-hit Uttarakhand seeks Rs 800-crore relief
The Uttarakhand government has sought a relief package of Rs 800 crore in the wake of a series of natural disasters caused by heavy rains that has wreaked havoc in the hill state. “We have already sent an official memorandum to the Centre for a relief package of Rs 800 …