Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Saturday claimed the current wave of floods in the state has been caused by an unprecedented spell of rainfall rather than conventional riverine flooding, with over 400 per cent excess rain leading to widespread devastation across villages and towns.Addressing reporters after reviewing the flood situation with senior officials and deputy commissioners of the affected districts, Sarma said nearly 11 lakh people in more than 2,…
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Gandhinagar, July 23 (IANS) Gujarat’s Health Department has intensified its preparedness to prevent outbreaks of water-borne and seasonal diseases in South Gujarat as heavy rainfall continues and a red alert remains in force for Navsari, Valsad, Surat and adjoining districts. At a high-level review meeting in Gandhinagar on Thursday, State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya assessed the department’s preparedness and directed officials to strengthen micro-planning, maintain reserve medical teams a…
Guwahati, July 19 (IANS) Assam’s flood situation remained grim on Sunday with more than 57,000 people affected across eight districts, while one person died in Sivasagar, taking the cumulative flood-related death toll in the state this year to five, officials said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), floods have affected Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Udalguri and Jorhat districts. A total of 22 revenue circles and 298 villages rema…
Guwahati, July 5 (IANS) The flood situation in Assam continued to improve on Sunday with only one district, Dhemaji, remaining affected, while no major river was flowing above the danger level, according to the latest report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). The daily flood bulletin said that 3,917 people across 15 villages in two revenue circles of Dhemaji district continue to be affected by the deluge. The worst-hit areas fall under the Jonai and Sissiborgaon rev…
Imphal, May 31 (IANS) The Chairman and members of the Commission of Inquiry (Manipur Violence), constituted on June 4, 2023, to investigate the Meitei-Kuki ethnic conflict, are currently on a three-day visit to the state, officials said on Saturday.The Judicial Commission, comprising retired Justice B.S. Chauhan as Chairman and its two members — Himanshu Sekhar Das, IAS (Retd.), and Aloka Prabhakar, IPS (Retd.) — held discussions with Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and briefed him on th…
Imphal, Jan 15 (IANS) The Manipur government has undertaken a Rs 523 crore rehabilitation package for around 60,000 violence-hit Internally Displaced People (IDPs), who have been living in relief camps since ethnic violence broke out in May 2023, officials said here on Thursday. A senior Home Department official said that the government has initiated phased resettlement under the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Package of Rs 523 crore, as announced in the Manipur budget 2025-26. As Manipur is un…
Amaravati, Jan 6 (IANS) Blowout of natural gas in a well owned by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Andhra Pradesh’s Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district continued for the second day on Tuesday.Crisis management teams of ONGC and firefighting personnel continued their efforts to control the blowout on the outskirts of Irusumanda village in Malikipuram Mandal.According to officials, the intensity of the fire appears to have come down. They expect further improvement in the situation later…