NDRF's courage, professionalism extremely motivating: PM Modi on Raising Day
India | January 19, 2022 10:34 ISTThe Prime Minister said that NDRF's courage and professionalism are extremely motivating.
The Prime Minister said that NDRF's courage and professionalism are extremely motivating.
As depression over southeast Bay of Bengal likely to intensify as Cyclonic Storm, 'Jawad' and moving North Westerly direction and is likely to cross the coasts of north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha today.
On Saturday, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is forecast at isolated places in north coastal Andhra, according to a Met bulletin.
A team of NDRF personnel will arrive in Bokaro to carry out search and rescue operations at the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) mine in Chandankiyari block of the district, the officer said.
As per the State's Information and Public Relations Department, more bodies have been recovered from the site of landslide at Koottikkal, Kottayam district, death toll rises to 15. Idduki and Kottayam districts in Central and South Kerala bore the brunt of the heavy rains that have been lashing the state since Friday with many people feared missing in landslides. Several people have been injured and displaced in rain-related incidents.
"All 7-teams deployed at locations are active on the ground to rescue people from flood-like situation after heavy downpour", the officials said.
Talking about the flood situation in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that NDRF, SDRF, Army and BSF have rescued around 5,950 people from 240 villages till now and efforts are underway to rescue 1,950 more people.
Speaking over flood situation in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on August 03 said, "Due to heavy rain and floods, around 1,171 villages in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Gwalior, Bhind and Rewa areas have been affected. 800 mm of downpour received in 2 days. Rescue operations by Air Force will commence once weather gets better."
As the rescue operation in the state continues at a rapid pace, a total of 34 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in Maharashtra.
Floods ravaged parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. Over 140 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in rescue and relief operations. In Kolhapur, the NDRF team also rescued a dog from the rooftop of a hotel in the Shiroli area.
Several houses in Maharashtra's Sangli have submerged as flood-like situation prevails in the district.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations. The teams are being deployed in affected areas of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Satara, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune and Nagpur for rescue and relief work.
The national forecasting agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several regions in the state that are set to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days.
After 3 bodies could be retrieved from inside the mine since mid-June, the district administration was forced to take the decision given the increasing water level at the illegal rat-hole mine due to continuous rainfall in the area for the past many days, the official said.
The cyclone completed its landfall around noon packing strong winds and heavy rainfall along the Odisha coast and neighbouring areas of West Bengal.
Cyclone Yaas is nearing the country's east coast, days after deadly cyclone, Tauktae, hit its west coast.
Cyclone Yaas may hit Bengal, Odisha around May 26-27, the weather department said.
The National Disaster Response Force has increased from 53 to 100 the number of teams earmarked to undertake relief and rescue measures in the wake of impending Cyclone Tauktae, a senior officer said on Saturday.
NDRF has earmarked 53 teams to tackle possible after- effects of cyclone 'Tauktae' that is developing in the Arabian Sea
4 people and 7 animals died in fire that erupted in 62 hectares of forest area in Uttarakhand in last 24 hours.
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