Report filed by the Forest and Wildlife Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the news item published in the Hindu, Chennai edition paper dated 30/07/2024 titled "Wayanad landslides live updates: 54 killed, over 100 feared missing in Kerala hill station; relief …
Flooding poses a significant threat to cities in the global South, due to a combination of factors including unplanned city extensions, prevalent poverty and low adaptive capacity. Depending on the location, physical characteristics, and climate change risk of different urban areas, they can be affected by different types of flooding. …
MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati has virtually created havoc in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur district, posting flood threat to 150 villages. …
BHUBANESWAR: Around 6.5 lakh people have been affected by the flood caused by the Baitarani river in Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendrapara districts of Odisha, officials said on Sunday. According to the Special Relief Commissioner's (SRC) office, over three lakh were affected till Saturday. A total of 4.02 lakh people have …
Three teams of NDRF have been deployed in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kozhikode while assistance has been sought from the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, NDRF and the Military Intelligence. IDUKKI: If Kerala was at the receiving end of angry rains on Thursday, triggering landslides and flash floods snuffing out 26 …
43,675 people in relief camps; holiday for educational institutions today District administration entrusts deputy collector with coordination of relief operations Sea erosion also reported in battered coastal areas The worst floods to hit in the last two decades have ravaged the Kuttanad region. The floodwater has submerged the entire region …
6 dead in landslips due to heavy rain in past four days Flash floods marooned at least 3,000 families in Tripura, where incessant rain triggered mudslides that have killed six people, including three of a family, in the past four days. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb declared financial assistance for …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has sought state government’s reply by Friday in response to a PIL complaining about farmers from Banaskantha district who did not get compensation for the damages they sustained due to heavy floods in August last year. The court asked the concerned government lawyer to take instructions …
According to the statement "The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has conducted a rapid assessment of the affected communities, which reveals over eight thousand people affected, including five deaths, massive internal displacement of several communities, damaged public and private properties, including a bridge, as well as submerged farm lands. It …
GUWAHATI: Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked all deputy commissioners (DCs) to reach out to flood-affected people to ascertain their loss and immediately submit a survey report for the government to expeditiously start the rehabilitation process. At present, five districts — Morigaon, Nogaon, Chirang, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong — are …
A number of people have taken shelter in various relief camps. Rivers Rapti, Ghaghara, Burhi Rapti, Rohini and Quano are in spate and have inundated vast areas in Lakhimpur Kheri, Barabanki, Faizabad and Ballia, Gorakhpur, Siddharthnagar. Five more persons died today in the flood related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, taking …
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under floods, which have left a trail of death and destruction in the two States, where 21 more people lost their lives on Thursday and over two crore people are still affected. The toll in Bihar floods, which have affected 1.61 crore people …
Gujarat has faced heavy rains after mid July, resulting in floods in Saurashtra and North Gujarat. Banaskantha, Patan, Surendranagar, Morbi, Jamnagar and Rajkot are the worst affected districts About 6.44 lakh farmers in Gujarat have been affected by the flood in the state last month. The flood is also expected …
Flooding in Bihar claimed 26 more lives today, though the situation in deluge- battered Assam and West Bengal inched closer to normal with water receding in most of the affected parts of the two states. Officials said the flood toll mounted to 367 in Bihar, where 1.58 crore people are …
The about 5,000 persons displaced in deadly mudslides and floods that hit Sierra Leone a week ago, will be given temporary shelter in 48 hours according to head of the disaster response outfit. According to local media sources, Ismael Tarawallie, who heads the Office of National Security, the world has …
PM to do aerial survey in Bihar; flood fury abates in Assam The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh remained alarming on Tuesday with reports of 10 more deaths, taking the toll to 82 in the current wave of floods in the State. “As many as 2,855 villages in 25 districts …
PATNA/LUCKNOW: The death toll in Bihar floods has crossed the 300 mark with 51 people losing their lives since Sunday. The figure of flood fatalities stood at 253 till Sunday. 1.38 crore people are battling the deluge in 18 districts of the state. The figure of flood fatalities rose by …
Nitish Kumar undertakes aerial survey The flood situation affecting 70 lakh people in Bihar’s 14 inundated northern districts continued to be grim on Wednesday, with the death toll up rising to 72. The State government has commenced relief and rescue operations with the help of the Army, Air Force, 27 …
Patna: The death toll in the floods in the state increased to 72, but the situation slightly eased on Wednesday. Water resources department officials claimed the rivers, except the Ganga and Burhi Gandak, were showing receding trend across the state. State disaster management department said around 69.42 lakh people in …
AHMEDABAD: The state government announced in the assembly that some 25 villages in low-lying areas of Banaskantha will be shifted to higher ground, as these villages were ravaged by the recent floods. Revenue minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, during the debate on the floods, said that after the floods the administration was …
CM Vijay Rupani has announced a Rs 1,500 crore relief and rehabilitation package for flood-hit Banaskantha and Patan districts. After concluding his five-day visit to the districts on Thursday, the CM said special allocation of funds would be made for Dhanera, which was the worst affected. "A district-level Independence Day …
