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 …
Uttarakhand on Wednesday sought Rs 13,800 crore from the Centre for reconstruction and relief work in the flood-ravaged State at the first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on the issue and claimed to have got an assurance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard. The Cabinet Committee discussed the …
The Imran Khan Foundation (IKF) has successfully completed construction of homes for 350 families in Dera Ghazi Khan. DG Khan was one of the many locations devastated by the floods of 2010. The IKF launched its Village Development Programme in the DG Khan District in 2012. In less than one …
The Non-Resident Nepalis’ Association (NRNA) on Wednesday donated Rs 5 million to the prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to be used for the welfare of victims of recent floods and landslides in various parts of the country. A team led by NRNA President Jiba Lamichhane met chairman of Interim Election …
While the flood waters receded in Bongaigaon and Sivsagar districts, fresh inundation occurred at a dozen villages in Nagaon even as four districts continued to reel under the impact of floods in Assam today. “Fresh inundation has occurred in 12 villages in the low-lying areas of Samaguri revenue circle of …
The Insurance Board donated Rs. 12.7 million to the Prime Minister’s Natural Disaster Rescue Fund for relief of floods and landslides victims of the country including those in Darchula district. Chairman of the Board Prof. Phatta Bahadur KC handed over the amount to Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khi …
Pakistan and China signed eight documents of cooperation in various areas of economy on Friday for furthering already-strong economic and technical ties between the two friendly countries. The first pact, pertaining to an ambitious long-term project approximately costing $18 billion that would include building around 200 kilometre tunnels, was the …
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought a Rs.1,000-crore package immediately to carry out relief and rehabilitation work in the State’s flood-affected areas. Mr. Virbhadra informed Dr. Singh that so far 24 lives have been lost in the State while 1,239 people …
The death toll from the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfalls in the Mid- and Far Western Development Regions of the country has reached 37 while eight persons were still missing and over 137 houses and government offices in Darchula and Kanchanpur were completely damaged, said the Ministry of …
Shimla, June 23: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has drawn the attention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to the devastation caused by the rains and snow in Himachal Pradesh and sought prompt assistance. In his letters to the PM and the AICC chief, the Chief Minister …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 50 lakh to provide food, clothing, medicine, and to address other basic needs of pilgrims from Karnataka stranded at Kedarnath, Badrinath and other parts of Uttarakhand. The relief package comes in light of massive floods which devastated the holy …
Rescue work in Uttarakhand to gain momentum with reopening of 16 roads. Rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, which remained affected until Thursday as helicopters faced bad weather, are now expected to speed up, as 16 badly blocked roads across the State were declared open. They include roads reaching Guptkashi in …
New Delhi : The water-level in the Yamuna river receded to 206.5 metres on Thursday, but several low-lying areas in Delhi remained submerged for the second consecutive day. The Delhi government said 1,153 tents had been set up to house more than 10,000 people evacuated on Tuesday. The Health department …
Srinagar (Uttarakhand) : The ground floors of more than 100 buildings seem to have disappeared. So has the basketball court, with only the top of the hoop mounted on the backboard visible. Motorcycles and cars are buried under silt and debris. Troops search for remnants of boundary walls to erect …
Mandi, June 20: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today released Rs 10 crore to provide immediate relief to victims and the Border Roads Organisation for the restoration work on the Hindustan-Tibet Road till Reckong Peo and airlifting of 400 stranded persons in the next two days. Reviewing a high-level officials' meeting …
Rescue and relief operations were intensified on a massive scale today in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as multiple agencies evacuated the worst-affected Kedarnath town and other areas even as the death toll is feared to be in thousands. Union Home Ministry officials said over 50,000 people were stranded in various parts of …
The government is to allocate Rs. 500 million for the reconstruction of physical infrastructure including roads, and drinking water projects, which were destroyed by floods in Darchula district, state-owned RSS news agency reports. The floods in Mahakali river due to incessant rainfall from mid-June had swept away many houses of …
The Bihar government Thursday announced Rs.5 crore aid to Uttarakhand for relief and decided to send a team of officials to trace at least 300 people from the state still missing in the calamity-hit hill state, an official said. Vayasji, principal secretary of disaster management department, said the state government …
Incessant rainfall in four districts is reported to have destroyed about 17,000 hectare farm land The state government today announced a series of packages for flood affected farmers in four districts of south Odisha, which received excess rainfall last week after the southwest monsoon arrived ahead of schedule. Incessant rainfall …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 1,000 crore to Uttarakhand for disaster relief. Of this, Rs. 145 crore would be released immediately. In a statement made after an aerial survey of the hilly regions of the State, where torrential rains wreaked havoc and caused …
The government has announced a relief package for the flood and landslides victims across the country. Chairman of Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi convened an emergency cabinet meeting over the issue with ministers of concerned ministries and other stakeholders related to disaster management and preperadeness on Wednesday and announced …
