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 …
Minister says 355 villages badly hit by rains, crops worth Rs. 384 crore lost BANGALORE: Revenue Minister K. Karunakar Reddy on Monday said the State Government would prepare a memorandum seeking a compensation of over Rs. 600 crore from the Centre to take up relief measures in the flood-hit areas …
New Delhi,Sept. 1: As millions remain marooned, a high-level team headed by Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar will visit Bihar on Tuesday to oversee rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas. Increasing the number of its flood relief columns from 21 to 37 in Madhepura, Araria and Supaul districts, the …
Flooding has caused unprecedented devastation in the eastern state of Bihar in India with thousands missing and thousands of villages destroyed. Around four million people have been displaced from their homes in 16 districts. An emergency response team from ActionAid visited the affected areas for a rapid assessment and has …
Food riots as Indian floods destroy 250,000 homes PATNA, India (Reuters) - Food riots erupted on Wednesday in eastern India, where more than 2 million people have been forced from their homes and about 250,000 houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50 years. One person …
Indian technical team on Thursday estimated around Rs 5.25 billion cost for reconstructing the embankment breached by the Saptakoshi River. A team including flood experts forwarded a letter with the estimation to the government of Indian state of Bihar after an inspection and study in the affected areas and the …
Badal briefs Central team on flood loss "State not yet utilised Rs.1,646 crore of the fund' CHANDIGARH: Even as Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon a visiting Central team to assess the total loss in the State due to recent floods from a "new' perspective, the Congress party …
Jalandhar: The actual damage of crop and property may run into hundreds of crores, but the government has estimated that a tentative Rs 70 crore relief fund is required for the flood-affected families in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts. Meanwhile, a girdawari is still on in both the districts. Kapurthala district …
Patna, With over 20 lakh people bearing the brunt of floods in 14 districts of Bihar, three Indian Air Force helicopters continued to drop relief materials in the worst hit Supaul, Araria and Madhepura for the fifth successive day as the turbulent waters of the Kosi submerged fresh areas in …
PANSKURA: Expressing displeasure with the way emergency relief was distributed among the flood-affected people of both Midnapore East and West districts after the recent flash flood, Governor Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi today asked the district administration of the two districts to ensure proper distribution of relief funds among the actual …
The panchayat pradhans of Malda's Ratua I and Harischandrapur II blocks have alleged inadequate relief for over 50,000 marooned people in the areas. The Ganga and the Phulhar are flowing above the extreme danger level in the district and the Mahananda, Tangon and the Punarbhaba are in spate. Twenty-one villages …
The NWFP Assembly on Wednesday sought Rs10 billion relief package from the federal government for rehabilitation of flood affected people in Peshawar district. Awami National Party lawmaker Alamzeb Khan tabled the resolution in the House, which was unanimously passed. Treasury and opposition benches jointly asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani …
The Koshi Basin is the largest river basin of Nepal. It originates from the Tibetan Plateau of China. The Koshi river is also known as the "sorrow of Bihar". Floods from the Koshi river in the past have created havoc in the downstream area of Nepal and India leading to …
The Kosi river basin in Bihar is facing its biggest flood disaster ever in Independent India, and that disaster has come about completely due to the neglect of the Government of India and the government of Bihar. It is a manmade disaster which could have been avoided.
As floods wreak havoc in the State with an unrelenting frequency every year, the Orissa Government is busy strengthening its search and rescue power. Besides carrying out a boat census across 24 districts, it too is preparing a directory of the vessels so as to be in readiness when the …
North East India Committee on Relief and Development (NEICORD), an organisation working for relief and development in the north eastern region, recently inaugurated a raised flood shelter on the July 10 constructed for the community of Daokabaha village in Chirang district. NEICORD has been working in this district for the …
Here is some good news for the flood victims. They need not consume polluted water as they used to for days together when their drinking water sources remained submerged in floods. The scientists of the mining engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, have developed a water filter …
In view of devastating floods affecting Lakhimpur district and nearby areas, the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) with the help of Gramin Mahila Vikash Kendra, a leading NEDFi assisted NGO of the district organised camps in three different locations of the district with close association of the district …
In view of devastating floods affecting Lakhimpur district and nearby areas in Assam, the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) with the help of Gramin Mahila Vikash Kendra, a leading NEDFi assisted NGO of the district, organised three camps in three different locations with close association of the district …
