Flood Relief

Report filed by the Forest and Wildlife Department, Kerala on forest conservation and management, 28/03/2025

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 …

Bihar's tragedy and the shocking failure

The water in his ground floor house has already covered his chairs and dining table. So Vikash Ranjan Sinha, a grocery shop owner in Madhepura, moved up to the first floor with his octogenarian parents, wife and three children, including an infant. They have been there for the past week- …

Map of liquid sorrow

IN the tsunami of December 2004, people heard a strange, deep rumbling before columns of the sea came in. In 2008, the people of north Bihar had no such warning. The river was silent and swift, rising from a deceptive two feet to nearly eight feet in a matter of …

Rehab project launched for Bihar flood victims

Delhi School of Social Work (DSSW) has initiated a long-term relief and rehabilitation project, University for Development Action and Integrated Learning, for the flood-hit people in Bihar. The project is expected to be on for the next six to 12 months. The project has twofold objectives

Rs. 500-crore Central aid for Assam flood relief

Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday announced Rs. 500 crore Central assistance for relief and rehabilitation of the flood-affected people of Assam. He also promised more assistance, if the State government required, for dealing with the immediate problem of food, shelter and medicines. Mr. Patil also …

Centre to release Rs 500 cr for State

The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, today announced that the Central Government would release an amount of Rs 500 crore to Assam for relief and rehabilitation of the flood-affected people. He made the announcement after an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of the State today. Addressing a Press conference …

Nitish wants Rs 8,922cr aid

NEW DELHI Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a Rs 8,922 crores financial package to restructure the areas devastated by the recent floods in Bihar. Earlier, the PM had sanctioned Rs 1,000 crores for the flood relief in the state.

CPI(M) answers Somnath's call on flood relief

Saubhadra Chatterji / New Delhi September 12, 2008, 0:36 IST You can remove Somnath Chatterjee from the party, but you can

Floods: Assam government asked to submit report on funds utilisation

Sushanta Talukdar Centre should treat Assam floods as natural calamity: AGP Huge amount has been kept unspent GUWAHATI: Though Assam has been allocated Rs. 210.62 crore under the Calamity Relief Fund for the year 2008-09, the Finance Ministry has not released the first instalment of the central share (Rs. 78.78 …

18 days after Kosi breach, many are still awaiting relief

Atul Thakur | TNN Saharsa: Kripanand Thakur of Forbesganj is a very worried man. His mother, 75-year-old Maya Devi, is still stuck in Pratapganj block of Supaul. Although the distance between Forbesganj and Pratapganj is only 35 km, Kripanand took 24 hours in traversing Katihar, Khagaria and Saharsa to reach …

Parties doing their bit for flood relief

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar SHOWING SOLIDARITY: Bollywood star and politician Shatrughan Sinha, helping in loading relief materials being sent for the flood victims in Bihar, at his residence in New Delhi, on Sunday. NEW DELHI: While they may be busy as the Assembly elections are drawing nearer, leaders of both the …

Rationed rice for the flood-hit

The Malda zilla parishad sabhadhipati has questioned the manner in which the district administration is distributing relief among the flood victims in the affected blocks of Harishchandrapur, Ratua and Manikchak. The Congress sabhadhipati, Sabina Yasmeen, who visited Harishchandrapur last evening, said the relief distributed to the affected people was inadequate.

Rs. 1,600-cr. relief package

NEW DELHI: The Union Rural Development Ministry has announced a Rs. 1,600-crore assistance package for the flood affected people of Bihar. All employees of the Ministry have also decided to contribute a day

Focus shifts to rehabilitation in Bihar

NEW DELHI With Bihar still grappling with the ravages of the Kosi floods, the rural development ministry has chipped in with a massive additional allocation of Rs 1,600 crores for the relief and rehabilitation work in the state. The amount is over and above the grant of Rs 1,000 crores …

Flood situation grim, relief pours in

NEW DELHI The National Crisis Management Committee headed by the Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar reviewed the flood situation in Bihar on Thursday even as rescue and relief measures continued. As many as 37 Army columns, 13 helicopters, 599 boats, 783 NDRF personnel, 7695 tents, 10 satellite phones, 4 lakh drinking …

Maggi, govts instant solution for flood-hit

Noodles Worth Rs 10 Lakh, 10 Water Treatment Plants To Be Distributed In Bihar Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Maggi

EC mobilising 1 million for Bihar relief

NEW DELHI: The European Commission will provide

For an action plan for Bihar

M.S. Swaminathan Action to revive livelihoods when thefloods recede is as important as savinglives. This will call for a proactive,

Nalcos gesture for Bihar flood victims

BHUBANESWAR: Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has contributed Rs 4 crore to the Prime Minister

MCD to donate 10 crore for Bihar flood relief

BJP appeals to people to donate generously for the victims, constitutes disaster fund AWAY FROM DELUGE: A family from flood-hit Madhepura district of Bihar arrives at New Delhi railway station on Tuesday to begin a new life in the Capital. NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to …

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