Gandhinagar, July 25 (IANS) More than 42,000 people have been moved to safer locations across Gujarat as authorities continue relief and rehabilitation efforts following days of heavy rainfall, while preliminary estimates indicate that 308 livestock animals have died in the recent floods. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed the evolving rain situation and ongoing response measures during a late evening meeting at the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar on Saturday.He was …
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Navsari, July 25 (IANS) Hundreds of people stranded by flooding across Gujarat were rescued on Saturday as multiple teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indian Coast Guard, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and district authorities carried out evacuation and relief operations in Ahmedabad, Navsari, Surat, Valsad and other affected areas amid continued monsoon conditions. In Navsari district, the NDRF completed rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas of Gandev…
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…
Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the prevailing flood situation in the state and assured all possible assistance from the Centre for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.Sharing details of the conversation in a post on X, Chief Minister Sarma said the Prime Minister called him to take stock of the flood situation, the scale of damage caused by the deluge, the progress of relief operations and the…
Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Singh Malik on Friday said that the state’s police and civil administration were continuing to work in coordination to support flood relief and rescue operations as parts of Gujarat remained affected by extremely heavy rainfall, with authorities maintaining a high level of preparedness despite conditions beginning to improve in some districts. Malik reviewed the rainfall situation and ongoing rescue efforts at the Sta…
Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) Gujarat’s flood response is entering a new phase, with rescue operations in the worst-affected parts of South Gujarat nearing completion and the state government shifting its focus to relief, restoration and preparations for fresh rainfall forecast over the coming days. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed the heavy rainfall situation across the state at a high-level meeting at the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar on Friday, where officials a…
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that the unprecedented floods that ravaged many districts were caused not only by exceptionally heavy rainfall in Upper Assam but also by intense precipitation in the neighbouring Nagaland districts of Mon, Mokokchung and Wokha, resulting in a massive inflow of water into the state. Addressing reporters here, Chief Minister Sarma added that the affected region witnessed extraordinary rainfall far above the seasonal …
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Rescue and evacuation operations continued across flood-hit parts of Assam on Friday, with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) intensifying flood water rescue (FWR) efforts amid heavy rainfall and rising river levels, officials said.According to official figures, NDRF teams have so far rescued 59 people, evacuated 4,037 residents to safer locations, rescued 48 livestock and recovered six bodies from flood-affected areas of the state.The rescue personnel have been…
Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) More than 38,600 people have been moved to safer locations and over 5,500 stranded residents rescued as Gujarat continues large-scale relief and rescue operations in response to widespread heavy rainfall, with emergency teams, the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard deployed across the state’s worst-affected districts.According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar, 38,653 people have been evacuated to safer places dur…
Navsari/Valsad, July 24 (IANS) Indian Army flood relief columns have been deployed across flood-hit parts of Gujarat as rescue operations intensified following heavy rainfall that inundated several districts, with troops joining civil authorities in evacuating stranded residents and providing emergency assistance.Flood relief columns of the Golden Katar Division have been deployed in Valsad, Navsari, Ahmedabad city and Ahmedabad rural areas.According to the Ministry of Defence, the troops are en…