NDRF rescues over 4,000 people from flood waters in Patna
India | September 30, 2019 19:33 ISTMore than 4,000 people, including women and children, were rescued from the flood-affected areas of Bihar's capital city of Patna on Monday
More than 4,000 people, including women and children, were rescued from the flood-affected areas of Bihar's capital city of Patna on Monday
The "multiplicity" of challenges faced by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is a cause for concern, its director-general S N Pradhan has said, calling for a "clear" policy that will put the primary onus to deal with disasters of certain categories on states.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) would induct women personnel in its new battalions within the next year, a top official said. The Union government had in 2018 made a proposal to attach women contingents to NDRF battalions in the country.
An NDRF Boat deployed in rescue operations during Karnataka floods has overturned. IndiaTvNews.com has received reports that three men have been safely rescued while efforts were on to bring back remaining two safely.
As part of proactive measures, 119 teams of the NDRF have been deployed in various parts of the country keeping in view the disaster vulnerability and to keep extra vigil at locations where heavy rainfalls cause a flood, an official statement said. The NDRF teams are continuously engaged in assisting the local administration in rescue and relief work, it added.
Two boys from Punjab were feared drowned in a dam in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, an official of the district administration said on Friday. The boys were feared drowned in the Pong dam, near Mangarh in Fatehpur tehsil, he added.
The minister was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day annual conference organised here by the NDRF on capacity building of state disaster response forces (SDRFs) in consultation with home guards, civil defence and fire services.
The centering material of the tank, being built by the state-run Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), collapsed when the victims were constructing its ceiling portion at the Jogappa layout in Amruthalli.
Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local authorities are prepared to carry out relief and rescue operations whenever required, an official said.
Cyclone Vayu: A deep depression over the Arabian Sea which brewed over the past two days has intensified into a cyclonic storm and is likely to hit the Gujarat coast on June 13 morning, the India Meteorological Department said. Cyclone 'Vayu' is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours.
The incident of a two-year-old falling in a borewell has again brought to fore the dangers posed by uncovered borewells, which have turned into death traps for children.
An NDRF battalion comprises a little over 1,000 personnel. Its battalions are raised from various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the parent force is responsible for feeding the ranks and personnel, who are sent on a time-bound deputation to the NDRF.
The child, identified as Saurabh, lived with his family in a village in Sector 81.
The 15-member team, equipped with specialised diving equipment including a re-compression chamber and remotely operated vehicles capable of searching underwater, went straightway to the mine site in the remote Lumthari village in East Jaintia Hills district.
State minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said she has heard about the death of five persons in the incident but it was yet to be confirmed.
Officials have so far admitted to some 370 deaths, most of them occurring after the monsoon rains turned into a fury on August 9, forcing authorities to open the sluice gates of numerous dams across the state.
Thousands of people, including women, children and college students are tediously working at various centres across the state free of cost to gather essential materials, including food, medicines, cloths to send to relief camps.
The IMD predicted on Saturday afternoon that widespread rains, with heavy rains at isolated places, is likely to continue over Kerala following low pressure area very likely to develop over northwest Bay of Bengal.
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