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Over 3,600 flood-hit people rescued from Tripura, Assam: NDRF
Over 3,600 people have been rescued from the flood-affected regions of Tripura and Assam, the NDRF said today. Ten teams of the central relief and rescue force, comprising about 450 personnel, have been deployed to tackle the flood situation in Tripura. "The NDRF teams have evacuated more than 3,400 people in the state so far, and relief and rescue operations are continuing," a spokesperson for the force said. The National Disaster Response Force teams, he said, are also distributing drinking water, food, snacks and medicines in the affected areas, he said. The flood situation in Tripura deteriorated today with the rain-fed Khowai river inundating fresh areas rendering thousands homeless and damaging roads and crops, officials said. While two lives were lost on Wednesday, a 50-year-old farmer was washed away by the Khowai river and his body was recovered from Sonalata area yesterday, they said. Similarly in Assam, he said, 235 people have been evacuated to safer places in view of the .
1 killed, 4 injured as car falls into gorge
A woman was killed and four members of the same family were injured when their car fell into a deep gorge in the district, an official said today. The car fell into an 80-feet deep gorge near Kulhad, killing a 57-year-old woman on the spot, SDRF in-charge Gabbar Singh Negi said. The family from Mayur Vihar area in Delhi was going in their own car to Mayalgaon to participate in a puja when the accident took place, he said. Four people, including a seven-year-old girl, were injured in the accident. They were rushed to a health centre in Satpuli from where they were referred to Kotdwar base hospital, Negi said.
Assam flood: More than 55,000 people affected in Hailakandi district
The flood in Assam's Hailakandi district has affected 58,208 people, according to an official release by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).The release read, the first wave of flood has affected crops spread over 740 hectares.Around 51 relief camps have been set up by the district administration, which is now housing 23,689 people affected by floods.State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in the affected areas.Altogether eight boats are being pressed into service for rescue and relief operations.Around 11 roads have been submerged with several culverts washed away across the district.No casualties in the district have been reported as of now.Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department issued a 48 hours warning of heavy monsoon showers in southern Assam and Tripura.On a related note, Units of Assam Rifles and Indian Army are carrying out rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas of Manipur.430 people ...
Flood alert in Karnataka's rain-hit Mysuru
A flood alert has been issued for low-lying areas in Mysuru district where water in the Kabini reservoir is nearing its maximum capacity following heavy rains this week in its catchment area, a district official said on Friday.
Nine-year-old boy drowns in water tank
A nine-year-old boy fell into a water tank and drowned here this evening, a civic official said. The boy, Kunal Bagul, accidentally fell into the water tank located adjacent a public toilet in Mahatma Phule Nagar in Kalwa town and drowned, Santosh Kadam, chief of the Thane civic body's Regional Disaster Management Cell, said. His body was later fished out and sent for post- mortem, he said, adding a probe into the incident was on.
Road discipline must for nation-building: Patnaik
Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik today said that road discipline is one of the key components of nation-building. Patnaik talked about the importance of road safety at the culmination ceremony of the annual Road Safety Summer Camp, hosted by the Delhi Traffic Police at the Honda 2Wheeler Traffic Training Park in Lutyens' Delhi If we have to contribute to nation-building, road discipline has to be taken as one of the key components. Let us use this occasion to take a pledge so that we will spread the message of traffic discipline, road user discipline and safety as much as possible and contribute to better traffic management in Delhi and also contribute to nation-building, he said. As future road users, children have to play a key role in ensuring that road rules are followed, Patnaik said. You have to catch children at a young and formative stage so that they are taught the importance of obeying traffic rules and regulations. We have to expose them to such kind of programmes ..
Flood fury in Assam, close to four lakh affected
Close to four lakh people continued to be marooned on Friday by floods that have hit the state, with the surging waters of many rivers inundating fresh areas affecting both people and agricultural lands.
Body of child recovered, teenaged boy washed away; toll now 45
The toll in rain related incidents in Kerala since onset of the monsoon rose to 45 today with the recovery of the body of a baby girl and a teenaged boy being washed away in flash floods in the district, officials said. The body of one and half year old Rifa Mariyam was recovered from under the rubble in a landslide at Kattipara, while Abhinav (17) was swept away in flash floods near his village in Vadakara taluk, they said. Miriyam's mother has also been reported missing in the landslide. A total of six more persons from three families are yet to be traced from under the rubble, officials said, adding search operations were continuing to try and rescue them. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan directed authorities to disburse compensation to those who suffered losses and whose property was damaged. He gave the directions to District Collectors through videoconferencing at the Collectorate at Thiruvananthapuram. State ministers T P Ramakrishnan and A K Saseendran ..
Performance of rly zones regarding sanitation, catering, punctuality to be reviewed
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will review the performance of all the railway zones as regards sanitation, catering and punctuality over the next few weeks, senior railway officials said here today. Goyal has conveyed to senior railway officials that these three aspects are the main concern of his ministry and that the zones should be ready with the details of their performance as regards these parameters for a review in the coming days. According to sources, the first such review was conducted by Goyal yesterday, when the general managers of the North Western Railway, the West Central Railway, the Southern Railway and the South Central Railway gave presentations on sanitation, catering and punctuality. The East Central Railway, the North Central Railway, the Northern Railway and the North Eastern Railway will be reviewed tomorrow. "These reviews will be conducted face-to-face with the minister and the GMs have been asked to come with their teams and presentations on the three ...
Dust haze throws normal life out of gear in Pb, Hry; flight operations again hit
A blanket of dust haze covered Punjab and Haryana for the third day today, affecting normal life and disrupting flight operations at the airport here. Barring couple of flights which operated today, as many as 26 domestic flights had to be cancelled due to low visibility levels that included seven of Indigo airlines, eight of Jet Airways, one each of Vistara, AirAsia, SpiceJet, three of GoAir and five of Air India, airport officials said. Indigo airlines' Dubai flight was to operate from Delhi and all passengers, who were booked to board from here, were shifted to Delhi by road, they said. In view of the prevailing weather condition, some flight operators had yesterday announced cancellation of flights scheduled for the day, the airport officials said. Yesterday, over 30 flights were cancelled here as visibility levels dropped considerably due to the dust haze. Motorists at many places had to switch on their headlights during the day as visibility levels were low. "I had never seen ...
Assam flood situation turns critical, 3.87 lakh affected
The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically today with nearly four lakh people affected across seven districts of the state. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 3.87 lakh people have been affected in Hojai, Karbi Anglong East, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Cachar districts in the first wave of floods to have hit the state this year. Till yesterday, the number of flood-hit people stood at 1.67 lakh in seven districts. So far, three persons have lost their lives in landslides and flood-related incidents in different parts of the state. According to the report issued today, Hailakandi has been the worst-hit with nearly 2.06 lakh people affected, followed by Karimganj with almost 1.33 lakh people. Currently, 668 villages are under water and 1,912 hectares of crop area has been damaged, the ASDMA said. Landslides have occurred at four locations in Guwahati city, but no casualty has been reported so far. Due to fresh ...
Landslides halt train services in Assam hill section
Train services to Assam's Barak Valley, Mizoram and Tripura remained cut off on Friday due to fresh landslides in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of Assam even as the Northeast Frontier Railway cancelled several trains.
Cong asks PM to announce waiver of farm loans during U'khand visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Uttarakhand next week, the opposition Congress today asked him to announce a farm loan waiver scheme, saying it was time he repaid his debt to the farmers who voted the BJP to power in the state last year. The state unit of the Congress said it welcomes the prime minister, who is visiting Uttarakhand for the first time after the BJP's victory "with a big mandate" in the assembly election. "It is time for the prime minister to repay the debt to the people of the state by at least offering a loan waiver to farmers and a financial package for the state," Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh told PTI. It will be a gift to the people of the state, he said. The BJP won 57 out of the total 70 assembly seats in 2017. Claiming that at least 10 debt-ridden farmers have committed suicide since the BJP came to power in March last year, Singh said the saffron party had promised to waive farm loans in its "vision document" ahead of the ..
Death toll rises to 8 in Kerala landslide
The death toll in the landslide in Kattipara, Kerala has risen to eight.Search and rescue operations are still on for six more peopleLandslides have also been reported in Karinchola, Pulluranpara and Chamal areas of the district and over.A thousand people have been moved to relief camps due to excessive flooding.A lot of damage has taken place in Kerala since the onset of the monsoon. Thirteen people were killed last week after rains lashed several parts of state.Rains have also caused damage to crops in Idukki and Kozhikode.
Goyal to review train punctuality with zonal officials
Taking serious concern over the issue of the trains getting delayed for hours, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will hold a review meeting with the General Managers of four zonal railways on Monday, ministry officials said.
4 killed, 8 injured in road accident in Bihar
Four women were today killed and eight persons seriously injured in a collision on National Highway-28 in Bihar's Samastipur district, police said. The incident occurred near Chausima village under Musrigharari Police Station, when an ill-fated autorickshaw, carrying a dozen passengers, collided head on with a truck coming from the opposite direction, they said. Musrigharari Police Station SHO Parmanand Lal Karna said that the deceased have been identified as Piyariya Devi (60), Kusma Devi (48), Chuniya Devi (40) and Ranju Devi (34). All of them, including the injured, were returning to their native village in the district, after taking a holy dip in river Ganages in Begusarai district, he said. The injured persons have been admitted to hospital for treatment in Samastipur, he said, and the bodies have been sent to sadar hospital for post mortem. The driver and cleaner of the truck managed to escape from the spot after the accident, Karna added.
Mizoram flood worsens, 1,066 families evacuated
At least 1,066 families have so far been evacuated to safer places due to floods, state disaster management and rehabilitation department officials today said. The officials said that the worst-hit villages were south Mizoram Lunglei district's Tlabung town and its surrounding villages like Lamthai, Tipperaghat and Serhuan where 700 families were shifted to safer places after their homes were inundated by the flooding Chhimtuipui river along the Mizoram-Bangladesh border areas. Bairabi town and surrounding villages along the river Tlawng in Kolasib district and Aizawl district including Bawrai, Sairang and Kanhmun villages were also submerged by the flood leaving over 140 families displaced. Cracks appeared in Bunghmun village in south Mizoram's Lunglei district after which 30 families were shifted to safer places. Heavy rainfall continued to lash the state again last night and this morning which triggered another massive landslide at Ramlaitui village in Lunglei ...
Six dead in Manipur floods, situation worsening
More than 1.5 lakh people remained marooned in two flood-hit districts of Manipur as the disaster management department said today that the situation in the Imphal Valley worsened with the death toll rising to six. The Relief and Disaster Management in a report said the intensity of flooding has been increasing at Thoubal and Imphal West districts with 1.5 lakh people being marooned. About 12,500 houses have been damaged and 5,200 people moved out of the area, according to latest reports. At least 15,100 people have been provided shelter at 101 relief camps and authorities were ensure essential supplies. The report said the state disaster response force and the state police, with assistance from the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles, were actively undertaking relief and rescue operations in Irong, Maibam, Uchiwa and Kiyamgei areas. Officials said the water level continued to rise in Nambol and Thoubal rivers in Bishnupur and Thoubal districts. Meanwhile, flood waters from state ...
3 die in Tripura flood; over 40,000 in relief camps
The flood situation in Tripura deteriorated today with the rain-fed Khowai river inundating fresh areas rendering thousands homeless and damaging roads and crops, officials said. While two lives were lost on Wednesday, a 50-year-old farmer was washed away by the Khowai river and his body was recovered from Sonalata area yesterday, they said. Around 2,000 flood affected people took shelter in freshly opened relief camps this morning as water level of the Khowai has been swelling following continuous rain since last night, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Uttam Mandal said. Currently, 6,000 people are marooned in Khowai district, he said, adding it has caused extensive damage to road connectivity as well as crops. Vehicular movement has been disrupted in different places of the district as some wooden bridges collapsed due to gushing water. The Kalilashshar sub-division of Unakoti district, which was badly affected by the flood, is yet to recover from the disaster with over ...
Thunderstorm to hit UP, Haryana, Punjab
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings of thunderstorms in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh for the next two days.Charan Singh, Scientist, India Meteorological Department said, "Dusty weather in north-west India will see an improvement from tomorrow. Thunderstorm activity will be seen in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana in the next one to two days."Meanwhile, 26 flights have been cancelled due to poor visibility in Chandigarh as a thick blanket of dust has covered the city."Thick blanket of dust is there(Chandigarh). As of now, it seems that there'll be some respite from these conditions in next 48-72 hours. Monsoon is still in weak phase, however, there are chances of its revival by end of the month," said S. Paul, Director, India Meteorological Department.The cancelled flights included seven flights of IndiGo, eight Jet Airways flights, three GoAir flights, five Air India flights and one each flight of Vistara, AirAsia and SpiceJet.