Ahmedabad, July 26 (IANS) The Indian Army has concluded its major flood relief and rescue operations across Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, evacuating more than 790 stranded people over three days, as authorities shift their focus towards relief, restoration and damage assessment following some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall of the season.According to the Ministry of Defence, the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations began on July 23 under the S…
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Valsad/Navsari, July 25 (IANS) Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma visited flood-hit areas of Valsad district on Saturday, meeting affected residents and distributing relief materials as rescue and relief operations continued across parts of the state following days of exceptionally heavy rainfall. Vishwakarma first visited rain-affected areas in Umargam taluka to assess the situation before travelling to the villages of Kunta and Salvav in Vapi, where he interacted with residents and revi…
Gandhinagar, July 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the heavy rainfall situation in Gujarat with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and assured full support from the Central Government, as additional disaster response personnel were mobilised for flood-hit Valsad district.During a telephone conversation, the Prime Minister reviewed the impact of the heavy rainfall and the ongoing rescue and relief operations.According to the state government, PM Modi assured the Chief Minis…
Gangtok, July 23 (IANS) The death toll in the tunnel collapse at the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project in South Sikkim’s Samardung has risen to 22, with rescue teams continuing intensive search and recovery operations to locate the remaining trapped workers, officials said on Thursday. According to the latest official update, multiple rescue agencies worked through the night under extremely hazardous conditions as efforts were intensified to retrieve those still belie…
Gangtok, July 22 (IANS) The death toll in the tunnel collapse at the under‑construction NHPC Teesta Stage‑VI Hydropower Project in Sikkim’s Namchi district has risen to 13 after rescue teams recovered another body on Wednesday, officials said. The latest recovery came during the ongoing search operation at the Samardung tunnel in Jholungey, where multiple workers were trapped following the incident. Authorities said the recovered bodies have been shifted to different hospitals for identifi…
Guwahati, July 21 (IANS) Assam’s flood situation remained grim on Tuesday with 11 districts reeling under inundation, affecting more than 3.1 lakh people, even as rescue teams intensified evacuation efforts in the worst-hit areas, according to an official flood report, officials said. The preliminary flood situation report issued today said 11 districts and 36 revenue circles have been affected by the deluge.The worst-hit districts include Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Dhema…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Six minor boys are feared to have drowned in two separate incidents reported from Outer Delhi, officials said on Monday. While four boys went missing after being swept away by the strong currents of the Yamuna River in the Alipur area, two other children allegedly drowned in a rainwater-filled excavation pit in Mukhmelpur village on Sunday.In the first incident, four children were reportedly swept away while bathing in the Yamuna River near Thokar No. 24 in Hiranki vill…
Kalpetta, July 9 (IANS) The death toll in the Wayanad mudslide tragedy climbed to five on Thursday after rescue teams recovered two bodies from the debris, even as the search resumed for three people who remain missing. State Agriculture Minister T. Siddique, who is at the accident site, said that both bodies have been removed to the hospital.The mudslide occurred near Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi on Thursday, where the Wayanad end of the tunnel road project is under construction.Personnel from t…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) At least three people died after an under-construction building collapsed in Delhi’s Rohini Sector 16, while one person was injured, according to the Delhi Fire Services. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening following heavy rainfall in the national capital.The Delhi Fire Services received information about the collapse at around 4:20 p.m., following which four fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other eme…
Surat, July 8 (IANS) More than 3,400 people have been rescued and nearly 3,900 evacuated after exceptionally heavy rainfall inundated large parts of Surat over the past two days, prompting large-scale rescue operations by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local authorities.Officials said Surat city recorded 19 inches of rain in the last 38 hours, while 3,416 people were rescued and 3,862 residents were shifted to safer locations as floodwaters entered residential neighbourhoods.Aut…