Telangana rains: Continuing their relief operations in places affected by rains and flooding in Telangana, the Indian Air Force air dropped around 600 kgs of food packets on Friday.
The Assam government has added sanitary napkins to the list of relief materials to be distributed among women and adolescent girls affected byfloods and other natural disasters.
The second spell of downpour since October 18 has claimed13 lives besides damaging around 10,000 houses and rendering over 7,000 people homeless in 16 districts, including, Belagavi in north Karnataka which bore the brunt of the flood fury in August, according to latest official information
Speaking to reporters, he said the Centre has assured that a decision on providing assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) will be taken after a central team, which is assessing the extent of damage in the state, submits its report in the next two-three days.
The Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday donated Rs 5 lakh towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for flood relief works in Goa.
The current flood situation in different parts of the country and the preparedness of central ministries and agencies to deal with it was reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai.
At least 67 people have died and 33,55,837 have been affected in the deluge that has inundated over 2,000 villages in 17 districts of Assam.
New Delhi: India plans to send NDRF teams to Myanmar to assist the neighbouring country in flood relief works, as rescuers in rain-battered nation are struggling to reach isolated regions."We have readied NDRF teams with
Colombo: The Chinese government donated $3 million to the flood relief efforts in Sri Lanka, an official said."China and Sri Lanka are good friends and neighbours. The Chinese government is committed to supporting the Sri
Jammu: As it devotes its attention to flood relief and rehabilitation work, Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a complete ban on transfers and postings in the state till further orders.All the transfers ordered with
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