Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) The famous cable car project, the Gulmarg Gondola, will resume operations on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s ski resort, Gulmarg.A major tourist attraction in the Valley, Gulmarg Gondola, remained closed for nearly a month following a technical malfunction.The Gondola service was suspended on May 25 after a technical snag left over 300 tourists stranded in hanging cabins, prompting a large-scale rescue operation involving the Cable Car Corporation, Jammu and Kashmir Po…
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Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Rescuers are continuing efforts to bring out about 18 people trapped under the debris of a collapsed warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata.”We are still working to bring out the people trapped under the debris. We have to proceed carefully as the debris may harm those trapped underneath,” a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) official told IANS.The under-construction godown collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.The Kolkata Police’s Disaster Management Group and teams f…
Patna, June 24 (IANS) A tragic incident has been reported from Munger district in Bihar, where five girls are feared drowned in the Ganga River after being swept away by strong currents while bathing at a ghat. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning at the Bakchapra Ganga Ghat under the Vasudevpur police station area, triggering panic and chaos in the region.The girls have been identified as Sangeeta Kumari, Binita Kumari, Sandhya Kumari, Sonam Kumari, and Hina Kumari.According to an officia…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) A major accident was averted early Sunday morning in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand after an SUV carrying pilgrims to Kedarnath lost control and fell nearly 50 metres down the road, landing near a riverbank.According to officials, the incident took place around 5 a.m. near Tilwara petrol pump in Rudraprayag when the vehicle bearing registration number UP-16 DK 0856 was en route to Kedarnath Dham from West Bengal. The SUV suddenly went out of control and veered off t…
Uttarkashi, June 2 (IANS) The search operation to trace a woman trekker who went missing on the Dayara Bugyal trekking route in Uttarkashi district has been intensified as multiple agencies continue round-the-clock efforts in the challenging mountainous terrain, officials said on Monday. As the operation entered a crucial phase, District Magistrate Prashant Arya reviewed the ongoing rescue efforts from the Disaster Smart Control Room and directed officials to ensure that all available resources …
Patna, May 29 (IANS) A major tragedy struck Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Friday after three teenage girls went missing in the strong currents of the Gandak River while crossing it by boat.The incident occurred near Dumariya Ghat under the jurisdiction of Mohammadpur Police Station.The girls were travelling by boat along with their mother and several villagers to attend to agricultural work on the opposite bank of the river.While returning, the weather suddenly deteriorated and the Gandak Rive…
Patna, May 28 (IANS) A tragic boat accident claimed at least three lives, and four others are missing in the Barh subdivision in Patna district on Thursday morning.A small boat carrying 14 villagers capsized midstream in the Ganga River at Umanath Ganga Ghat.According to preliminary information, the victims on board the boat were travelling towards the Diara region early in the morning to harvest vegetables from fields located across the river.During the journey, the boat reportedly lost balance…
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) In a major initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness ahead of the monsoon season, the Indian Army and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Wednesday conducted a joint flood relief exercise in Assam’s Jorhat, officials said. The exercise, titled Jal Raksha III, was organised by the Red Shield Gunners under the Spear Corps in coordination with SDRF personnel at Jorhat.Officials said the training programme was designed to enhance coordination, communic…
Hamirpur, May 7 (IANS) In a tragic incident, two people were killed and six others went missing after a boat carrying nine passengers from Ghatampur submerged in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district. One was rescued safely, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place at Kutupur Patia under the jurisdiction of Kurara police station, where the boat carrying nine people across the river submerged on Wednesday.Following the recovery of the body of Brajrani (a woman), the b…
Jabalpur, May 2 (IANS) Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday evening in the Bargi Dam cruise accident, taking the death toll to 11, even as the Jabalpur district administration intensified efforts to trace the missing and manage the repatriation of victims. The Jabalpur district administration confirmed that the bodies of two children, four-year-old Viraj Soni and six-year-old Shritamil, were recovered near the accident site and sent for post-mortem.The administration said the focus h…