Navsari/Surat, July 9 (IANS) The Gujarat government will allocate Rs 500 crore for creek development to provide a permanent solution to Surat’s recurring tidal flooding, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced on Thursday after reviewing the flood situation caused by heavy rainfall in Surat city and district. Patel visited Surat and chaired a high-level review meeting at the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Althan to assess the impact of flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in up…
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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan on Saturday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), with no immediate reports of deaths or damage to property. The latest tremor comes just hours after another earthquake rattled parts of the country on Friday evening.In a statement, the NCS said the quake measured 5.3 in magnitude and occurred at a depth of 75 kilometres. The tremors were felt across several regions, though there were no immediate reports of ca…
Jammu, June 5 (IANS) A cloudburst has hit a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, following which authorities closed schools in Kishtwar district due to adverse weather on Friday. Officials said many houses were damaged after a cloudburst late Thursday evening triggered flash floods in the hilly Bathoi area of Reasi district. This is the 5th cloudburst in Jammu region in past three days.Four cloudbursts were reported in three districts — Doda, Kishtwar and Poonch on Tuesday, triggeri…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Amid the continuing severe heat and heatwave conditions in Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday that the government is working on a large scale to provide relief to people. Special arrangements have been made through Mobile Heat Relief Units and Cooling Zones across all 13 districts of the capital to protect citizens, labourers, commuters, and needy people from the heat, she said.Chief Minister Gupta said that the objective of the Delhi government is not only…
Ghaziabad, April 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a flat inside a private residential society in the Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad, gutting at least eight flats and triggering panic among residents, officials said.According to initial reports, the blaze erupted suddenly in a flat within the Gaur Green Avenue society, rapidly spreading to adjoining units and causing significant damage. The full extent of the losses is still being assessed by authorities.As soon as information about the inciden…
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the fire incident in Sitapur district that claimed three lives and directed officials to expedite relief, rescue and rehabilitation measures.The incident occurred on April 4 in Saraiyan Chalakapur village in the Mahmudabad tehsil, where a major fire broke out, leading to the death of three persons. The tragedy prompted an immediate response from the state government.According to an official statement, th…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the stampede deaths at a temple in Nalanda, Bihar, and conveyed her condolences to the families of the eight victims. Vice President of India, C.P. Radhakrishnan, also expressed grief over the incident. President Murmu took to social media ‘X’ and said, “The news of the death of many devotees in a stampede at a temple in Nalanda, Bihar, is deeply saddening. I express my deepest condolences to a…
Antananarivo, Feb 16 (IANS) The death toll from Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar has risen to 59, with 804 people injured, according to an update released Monday by the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC). The BNGRC said more than 420,000 people were affected across 25 districts in five regions in eastern and central Madagascar. The cyclone also damaged more than 49,000 houses and destroyed over 25,000 houses.Authorities are continuing to assess damage and carry out relief opera…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday extended best wishes to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on their Raising Day and hailed their role in becoming a pillar of trust that India can rely on during times of natural calamities, praising their contribution in realising the Centre’s resolve to build a disaster-resilient India. HM Shah took to X to extend his greetings to the force, and said, “Warm greetings to the personnel of NDRF on Raising Day. T…