| Geetanjali Krishna: Footprints of the mountains | 31-OCT-09 |
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| We were driving in Sikkim, and the roads were so bad in parts, that all one could do was wait for sleep to lull us into oblivion. As we bumped and jerked our way across the verdant hills, I awoke to hear something pitter-pattering on the roof of our car. “We couldn’t be in a hail storm,” said I incredulously, for the sun was bright outside my window. The driver shrugged, “it isn’t a hailstorm madam. It’s a landslide!” Shocked, my husband and I craned our heads out of the window. Bad idea that turned out to be, as small pebbles hit us amidst showers of mud. The driver drove on, unconcerned. |
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| Bengal to acquire land for Sunderbans embankment repair | 30-OCT-09 |
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| West Bengal government is all set to acquire land for dealing with damages to the Sunderbans embankments breached by cyclone Aila. The government said it would acquire 5,963 acres for reconstruction of 834 km of embankments in the Sunderbans. "The decision has been taken on principle in a cabinet meeting convened by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for immediate restoration of the area," state Finance minister Asim Dasgupta told reporters in Kolkata. |
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| Monsoon may revive fully by June 4 | 02-JUN-09 |
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| India’s monsoon, which accounts for four-fifths of the nation’s annual rains, may fully revive by June 4 and advance in to the main cotton and sugar cane-growing regions, the state-owned weather bureau said. |
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| Cyclone Aila a blessing for Bhutan | 02-JUN-09 |
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| Cyclone Aila may have brought destruction in countries like India, Bangladesh and Bhutan but the hydropower sector in the Himalayan nation got a major boost due to the heavy rains triggered by the high-velocity storm. |
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| Buddha faces ire of relief seekers in Aila-hit Sunderbans | 01-JUN-09 |
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| West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was today gheraoed twice by relief seekers in the state’s South 24 Parganas, the worst-hit district by cyclone Aila, even as the government prepared a memorandum seeking assistance of Rs 1,000 for submission to the Centre. |
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| Aila toll 49, IAF airdropping food packets | 26-MAY-09 |
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| The highest number of 20 deaths due to cyclone Aila occurred in South 24 Parganas followed by nine in North 24 Parganas, six each in Kolkata and Howrah, three in Birbhum, two in Nadia and one each in Bankura, Cooch Behar and Malda, official sources said. |
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| Cyclone Aila kills at least 62 in Bangladesh | 26-MAY-09 |
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| At least 62 people were killed as cyclone "Aila" ravaged the southern coastlines of Bangladesh, where tidal surges inundated vast tracts of land and breached coastal embankments, officials said today. |
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| Cyclone Aila kills 23, more than 100,000 affected | 26-MAY-09 |
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| At least 23 people were killed and more than 100,000 people hit, as a cyclone spawned by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal pounded large parts of West Bengal and coastal Orissa today, leaving a trail of devastation and crippling normal life in the two states. |
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| 21 killed, over a lakh hit as cyclone Aila strikes | 25-MAY-09 |
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| At least 21 persons were killed and more than one lakh people hit as a cyclone spawned by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal pounded large parts of West Bengal and coastal Orissa today leaving a trail of devastation and crippling normal life in the two states. |
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| Cyclone Aila hits Bengal, 19 killed | 25-MAY-09 |
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| Cyclone Aila made a landfall in West Bengal today, killing 19 people, affecting over a lakh and leaving behind a trail of destruction before gradually weakening. |
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