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 …
Bhubaneswar: Expressing grave concern over the inordinate delay in sanction and release of flood assistance, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to intervene in the matter to consider the state's claim and make the aid available early. In a letter, Patnaik requested Mukherjee to …
A German relief agency German Aid for Afghan Children (GAAC) has distributed 200 solar energy systems amongst the affected people of the devastating flood of 2010 in the far-flung and inaccessible Kaidaam area of district Swat. It was the second distribution of the solar energy systems as the agency has …
Bhubaneswar: Union home minister P Chidambaram will arrive here on Wednesday to review the Maoist-related situation and the implementation of various Centrally-sponsored welfare schemes in areas affected by the Maoists. According to official sources, Chidambaram, who is scheduled to reach Bhubaneswar at around 9.30 am, will stay for only three …
Relief for damage to huts, death of cattle also hiked The State government hiked the compensation paid to the families of those who die in rain-related incidents to Rs.2 lakh even as the death toll touched 34 on Monday. It also increased the relief amount payable to the families for …
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Zafar Iqbal Qadir has said that out of $216 million pledged by donors for flood relief efforts Pakistan has so far received $125.5 million in cash and relief goods worth $11 million. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, he said the situation in Sindh …
The high water is devastating even for a country inured to monsoon rains and waterlogged rice fields: wide swaths of Cambodia’s countryside have become giant lakes, with villagers and livestock marooned on scattered patches of dry land. Many areas in Battambang are reachable only by boat. The floods that have …
World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a critical shortfall of $109 million for floods operation in Sindh and Balochistan, WFP spokesman Amjad Jamal told APP on Friday. “WFP has only supplies to continue distributions in flood-hit areas until the end of November, leaving no option but to cut the ration …
Saudi King Abdullah’s Relief Campaign for Pakistani People (KARCPP) dispatched on Friday a relief convoy of 265 trucks loaded with relief items to flood-hit areas of Sindh and Balochistan. “We are launching the relief work today on the order of Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz to reach areas of Pakistan …
Bangladesh will provide US$ 1 million as relief support to the flood victims of Thailand as the country is experiencing a devastating flood, which is worse in more than 50 years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it through a statement yesterday. “The government and the people of Bangladesh are …
Responding positively to the United Nations appeal, the Netherlands provided humanitarian assistance worth four million euro to the flood victims of Sindh. The amount would be utilised for purchasing and transporting food items to the flood-hit areas with the collaboration of the World Food Programme. The amount provided by the …
The European Commission released on Monday an extra 6.5 million euros ($9.0 million) in emergency aid for flood victims in Pakistan, amid a UN warning that three million people urgently need food. The new relief effort will bring water, shelter, medical care and food to victims of monsoon floods, especially …
Governor M C Bhandare on Friday suggested that that an independent expert panel should ascertain the exact cause of high floods in river Mahanadi this year. I do not say who is at fault. It may be an accident or a mistake. We must see it through an independent body …
German Government has announced aid of $7.6 million for flood relief activities in the floods affected areas in Pakistan. German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development has allocated US $6.25 million, whereas US $1.36 million will be provided by the German Foreign Office. According to a press statement issued from …
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Centre provided the second installment of its share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) much early. In …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Centre provided the second installment of its share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) much early. …
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) has appealed to international community for $50.3 million to cover the immediate needs of children and women hit by the recent flood in the country. Unicef official told APP on Wednesday that additional relief supplies for health, nutrition and water are urgently needed …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to extend the provision of relief for 10 more days to help the flood-hit BPL families while the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) urged party president Sonia Gandhi to assist the calamity-affected people. Though the state government had suspended relief operation in flood affected …
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced on Tuesday that it would activate life-saving activities in the flood-affected areas of Sindh, particularly for the pregnant women there. About 1.4 million women of child-bearing age in the most severely affected districts of Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Nawabshah, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, …
A joint team of the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started damage and need assessment survey in the flood-hit areas of Sindh. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir told reporters on Monday that water in many areas had started receding and the …
The Orissa government on Thursday announced to build concrete roads in all the 3,000 villages which were submerged in the recent spells of flood. At least `150 crores will be spent for the purpose. The decision to lay concrete roads came following a review meeting at the state secretariat by …
