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 …
The European Union (EU) will provide donation amounting to Euro 86 million to Pakistan facilitating rain and flood relief efforts, said EU envoy Lors Ginar Viggy Marks while talking to media persons after meeting with the Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan here at his camp office on Wednesday. The EU …
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 …
Bhubaneswar: With lakhs of people in Odisha continuing to reel under the impact of devastating floods, the state government on Sunday said the relief work will continue for another seven days in villages still marooned, even as the death toll in the deluge went up to 38. Chief minister Naveen …
The United Nations on Sunday launched an appeal to raise 356 million dollars under its Rapid Response Plan 2011, which will be spent initially on 91 projects in the flood affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan, due to heavy monsoon rains. The Rapid Response Plan 2011 was launched here at …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the district collectors to ensure utmost transparency in the assessment of the damage of properties by the recent floods. The chief minister asked them to complete the assessment report by September 25. Meanwhile, in response to the request by the Odisha government, …
The Orissa government on Sunday started airdropping of relief materials in the flood marooned in Puri district, even as the official death toll in the current high flood reached 16. Over a dozen people who were swept away in the strong current are yet to be traced. Sonepur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, …
With the submergence of thousands of villages in nine districts in Bihar appearing inevitable due to an alarming rise in the water levels of the Sone and the Ganga, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday conducted an aerial survey to oversee the preparations for evacuation and relief distribution. “Teams of …
Surging waters from a swollen Mahanadi and its tributaries continued to wreak havoc in Orissa, affecting more than 2,800 villages in 19 districts and leaving 16 dead as the Naveen Patnaik government Sunday sought central funds for relief. The flood has so far affected over 13 lakh people, most of …
The Punjab Government today ordered a special girdawari to assess the damage to the cotton, paddy and fodder crops, and that also to the houses, due to the recent rain and floods. Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Darbara Singh Guru announced this during a visit to the flood-hit areas of …
JAMMU: The Government has accorded sanction to release of 15.33 crore under SDRF for clearing the liabilities on account of restoration works done in three regions of the State in wake of flash floods, cloudburst and hailstorm. This was informed by the Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla …
Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday as relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies. The storm battered the East Coast with up to 15 inches of rain …
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today said the Revenue Department has sent a proposal to the Planning Department for providing Rs. 3 crore each to the flood hit victims of Jammu and Srinagar under National Calamity Relief Fund (NCRF). This was stated by the Minister while …
While more than two dozen districts were flood affected the state government has only added woes to the farmers as acute shortage of fertiliser has come up across the state. The state BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said on Thursday that flood has made the lives of hell of the …
Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday. According to official sources the river Dhansiri has wrecked havoc in Golaghat district …
Nearly 2.9 million people affected in the State The death toll in rain-related incidents across West Bengal rose to 36 on Thursday even as several parts of the State continued to remain submerged. Nearly 2.9 million people have been affected and there are fears of fresh areas being inundated as …
The United States has offered North Korea up to $900,000 in emergency flood assistance but has made no decision yet on a broader request for humanitarian food aid for the isolated country, the State Department said on Thursday. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. offer would likely include …
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the Australian government through AusAID, has come to the assistance of 10,000 flood-affected people in Chakoria upazila of Cox's Bazar district. WFP has allocated 6 tonnes of high energy biscuits to 2,000 households in Koiyarbil, Loikkharchar, Kakara, and Boroitoli Unions …
District Magistrate S P Srow stated that Flood Relief Centres had been set up to meet any eventuality occurring due to a flood-like situation here today. Last year, there was a flood-like situation in the catchment areas of rivulets passing through Ambala district during the rainy season. The administration, under …
ISLAMABAD: The US has released $193 million to Pakistan for Citizen Damage Compensation Plan (CDCP) to provide financial assistance to the 1.6 million flood-affected families. The government has already paid Rs 20,000 installment to the flood-affected families and is planning to give another Rs 20,000 to them by the end …
As part of its long-term commitment towards flood victims, Engro Polymer and Chemicals Ltd (EPCL) continues to instill a new sense of hope among people whose lives were completely devastated last year by the most catastrophic flood disaster in the history of Pakistan. The EPCL recently initiated its agriculture rehabilitation …
