The Bihar government has urged the Centre to provide Rs 2,700 crore as compensation against the damages caused by the last month's floods in 13 districts of the state, officials said.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh deputed four ministers to oversee relief operations in Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Rupnagar districts and directed officials to expedite the restoration of power supply.
The Yamuna was flowing at 203.37 metres on Sunday evening and its water level is expected to rise up to 207 metres on Monday as 8.28 lakh cusecs water was released from Haryana's Hathini Kund barrage at 6 pm, an official said.
Six teams of NDRF reached Dibrugarh from Kolkata late Friday night, with four teams sent to Dhemaji and one each to Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.
Residents living on the banks have been asked to move to safer places and also to protect their belonging as the river is expected to be in spate due to heavy inflow from the neighbouring state.
Srinagar: The water level in river Jhelum in Kashmir has risen as most parts of the Valley were lashed by incessant rains since yesterday. Met Deparment says weather will improve but administration asks people to
Hyderabad: With flood alert sounded in coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today directed Ministers and officials to take up prompt rescue and relief measures wherever necessary. Amid flood predictions for
Srinagar: As the heavy rains continued to lash many parts of the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government, in a precautionary measure, on Thursday announced state-wide holiday in schools and colleges.The incessant rains in the
New Delhi: Flood alert has been sounded in Arunachal Pradesh after incessant rain for the past couple of days triggered landslides in several parts of state.Reviewing the flood situation at a high level meeting in
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): East Singhbhum district administration in Jharkhand yesterday sounded flood alert in view of the swelling Kharkhai and Swarnarekha rivers due to incessant rains for the past two days, officials said."Around a dozen houses
Bhubaneswar/Baripada, July 27: With incessant rain raising water level in two major rivers, Odisha government yesterday asked collectors of four northern districts to keep a vigil on the situation, even as fire brigade personnel rescued
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