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 …
Even as it finally stopped raining on Sunday, after five days of continuous downpour, reports of more deaths and destruction poured in from across the state. More than 150 people are reported to have died in the last six days, while thousands are stranded. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who held …
European Union (EU) has announced the relief fund of Rs 32,293,750 for the most vulnerable families that have been affected by the natural disaster in the Mid-Western region. Issuing a press statement on Wednesday EU made public the relief fund. Rensje Teerink, the Ambassador of the European Union in Nepal …
Inadequate relief materials frustrate flood–affected people Several villages have been submerged by flood water in some parts of Kokrajhar following incessant rain since the last two weeks. At least eight villages have been inundated in north of Patgaon in Kokrajhar district as the Swrmanga river has been flowing above danger …
Out of the Rs 250 million donations collected from various organizations in the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, Rs 150 million has been released to the Ministry of Home Affairs so far for providing relief to the victims of floods and landslides across the country. Officials at the Prime Minister’s Office …
Guwahati: Nearly three lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam which has claimed seven lives and has hit 15 districts of the state. According to a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today, 2.87 lakh people have been affected across 1,066 villages in 15 districts in …
Collectors put on alert for exigencies, death toll 16 The flood situation has aggravated in 12 districts of north, central and coastal Odisha following rise in water levels of major rivers like Mahanadi, Baitarani, Budhabalang and Subarnarekha and their tributaries. The situation has particularly worsened due to incessant rains, triggered …
More than 70,000 people have been evacuated to safety camps after a flood alert in Bihar. “So far there is no rise in the water level of the Kosi river and there is no imminent danger but all precautionary measures are in place to deal with any eventuality,” the government …
A conference of international donors pledged more than 1.8 billion euros ($2.43 billion) on Wednesday to help Bosnia and Serbia recover from devastating floods in May. The European Commission, the EU executive, said the conference had mobilized pledges of 809 million euros for Bosnia and 995 million euros for Serbia, …
The World Bank is lending Sri Lanka US$ 213 million to prevent the flooding in the country's economic capital of Colombo and increase its defenses against the natural disaster to safeguard the livelihoods of city's 2.5 million people and the economic health of the entire country. The metropolitan city faces …
The Scottish government has contributed £11.6m towards a £14.75m flood defence scheme for a Perthshire village. Work is to get under way on the flood defences at Almondbank later this year. The village lies on the River Almond, a tributary of the Tay near Perth, and the East Pow Burn, …
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a number of development projects costing rupees over 778 million. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source, the government under a comprehensive plan is focusing on the uplift of various sectors across the province. He said the projects include rehabilitation of flood-hit infrastructure in …
BEIJING - China has earmarked 200 million yuan (32.42 million US dollars) for flood control work in the country's southern provinces hit by downpours, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. The areas involved are Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guizhou provinces, as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according …
Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the "terrifying" destruction to that of the country's 1992-95 war. The extent of the devastation became apparent in Serbia too, as …
The death toll in Serbia from the worst flooding seen in 1,000 years has risen to 17 as the capital Belgrade braces itself for a “flood wave.” Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today 12 bodies were discovered in the town of Obrenovac, 25 kilometers southwest of the capital, amid concern …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has lost four-month time favorable for executing the projects aimed at rehabilitation of road infrastructure and water channels hit by last year’s flash floods in Chitral valley. A consultant engineer associated with one of the public works departments, requesting anonymity, told Dawn that with the start …
World Food Organization (WFP) has distributed almost US $ 10.8 million among flood affectees including US $ 4.7 million under Food For Work (FFW) and US $6.1 million under Food For Cash (FFC) program to improve community infrastructure and rehabilitate their livelihoods. In FATA, most of the cereals distributed were …
The district administration has been taken to task by the High Court for not providing relief to the villagers of Kasipada panchayat who were affected by the Phailin induced flash floods in October last year. Following a petition filed by flood affected people of Kasipada, the High Court has ordered …
A Cabinet Committee headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sanctioned Rs 7,346 crore for the relief and rehabilitation of flood-hit Uttarakhand. The decision was taken during a meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in New Delhi, according to a statement issued by the state government in …
The World Bank has expressed its willingness to assist the State in taking up relief and rehabilitation measures in flood-hit districts. A high-level meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy will be held shortly to consider the proposal, according to Revenue Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy. The …
Bhubaneswar : Exactly 14 years after the supercyclone stuck Orissa, the Orissa government said the devastation caused by the cyclone Phailin this month and the subsequent floods is higher in scale than what the 1999 supercyclone had caused, although the death toll was relatively negligible this time as compared to …
