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 …
In response to appeals by Pakistan to international community for humanitarian relief assistance for victims of recent floods in the country, Government of Brazil will distribute up to 710,000 tons of food items. It comprises 500,000 tons rice, 100,000 tons brown beans, 100,000 tons maize, 10,000 tons dried full milk …
The United Nations Agencies have estimated that 2.5 million people are in desperate need of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in the flood hit areas. Talking to APP on Saturday, an official of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Humaira Mehboob said that food is needed for …
BHADRAK: After having spent more than a week in relief camps, the flood-ravaged people of the district retraced their steps back home. The trail of destruction in Dhamnghar, Bhandaripokhari, Bhadrak, Tihidi and Chandbali blocks is unfathomable. In a review meeting, District Collector Akshay Kumar Pani directed the district officials to …
BHUBANESWAR: The inter-ministerial Central team on Friday hinted that the State is likely to get higher flood assistance this time than that in previous occasions. Describing the damages caused by the recent spate of floods in the State as ‘huge’ and ‘extensive’, team leader O P Mahey, Joint Secretary in …
The Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association and the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka yesterday made an urgent appeal to the Sri Lankan people for flood relief to assist the six million people affected by the current floods in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The Sri Lanka-Pakistan Friendship Association …
The Sindh government has approved Rs4 billion relief package for growers affected by heavy rains and floods in lower Sindh to till their fields again. Sources in the agriculture department said on Thursday that the package comprises free distribution of seeds and urea among farmers to grow wheat and sunflo-wer …
Terming damages caused due to floods in Orissa as “huge” and “large-scale”, the Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) on Friday said the State Government was likely to get higher amount of assistance this time in comparison to those following previous calamities. The IMCT leader and Joint Secretary in the Ministry …
Severe floods in the past as well as the recent floods in many States including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, UP, Assam, West Bengal and Odisha which caused devastation and large submergence remind us of inadequacy of flood management measures. Therefore, concerted efforts are required to make a critical review of the …
BHUBANESWAR/JAJPUR: With flood situation in four North Orissa districts remaining grim, the State Government on Saturday started air-dropping of food packets as 992 villages continued to be marooned for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, six persons died and another went missing in flood waters. While two persons died in Jajpur …
Bhubaneswar: Hit by floods in two phases in September, the Odisha government on Thursday sought an additional Rs 1144.46 crore as Central assistance towards the damages caused due to the second spell of the calamity. Earlier on September 22, the state had sought a Central assistance of Rs 2120.92 crore, …
The disaster, sparked by monsoon rains last month, has killed 430 people and disrupted the lives of nine million people in the southern province of Sindh, many of whom are camping out in the open with little food, water or shelter. Yet appeals to foreign governments which might potentially give …
The flood-ravaged Indian state of Orissa is asking for billions of rupees in federal funds to help cope with the destruction and relocate hundreds of thousands of people. The monsoon flooding follows a severe drought earlier in the year and has killed at least 81 people in Orissa alone since …
The international donors have so far pledged $127.44 million for providing food, shelter, medicine and other facilities to the flood hit people of Sindh, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir said on Thursday. Talking to APP, he said that out of the pledged amount various countries …
The death toll from severe flooding in the eastern Indian state of Orissa has risen to 79 with an estimated five million people affected, local officials said on Wednesday. Two bouts of extremely heavy rain this month have led rivers to burst their banks, submerging thousands of villages and leading …
KARACHI: Sindh government has so far released Rs 3.5 billion for relief and rehabilitation measures, which include Rs 2.5 billion for relief and Rs 1 billion to be released through Pakistan Cards. This was stated by the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a high-level meeting …
The major flood in rivers Brahmani and Baitarani has affected more than 20 lakh people in 10 districts of Orissa while many areas in the worst-affected Jajpur district have remained cut off. Special Relief Commissioner's office said 17 persons died, mostly drowned, some of snakebite and in wall collapse — …
Bhubanewsar The Orissa government on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the central government seeking financial assistance of R2,120.92 crore for relief and rehabilitation in flood affected areas of the state. The state special relief commissioner (SRC), Pradipta Mohapatra, said that the memorandum, which was sent to New Delhi by a …
Around 20,000 families in four districts of flood-hit Sindh province have been provided one month ration during last one week. The World Food Programme (WFP), which has initially targeted five districts in the province, will also start distributing ration in Tharparkar from Friday, Communication Officer of WFP Amjad Jamal said. …
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said the government would do all within its means to bring normalcy back to the lives of the 7.3 million people affected by the recent floods. Chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet here, the prime minister said there was an urgent need …
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has appealed to the nation and international community to donate generously for the badly flood-affected people of Sindh and Balochistan. The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, told media that a Cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister, in the light of …
