In this regard, MoS Rai submitted the additional facts in both houses of the Parliament that furnishes that "the primary responsibility for disaster management, adequate preparedness measures, rests with the state governments concerned as per the National Policy on Disaster Management".
Days after Home Minister Amit Shah said the Kerala government could have minimized the losses in Wayanad if they had become alert, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) state secretary MV Govindan condemned his statement and said it is politically motivated.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Kerala government could have minimized the losses in Wayanad if they had become alert after the Central government's warning about potential landslides and the risk of people's lives.
BJP leader and former Union Minister V Muraleedharan said that there was an alert warning the state of the climate situation and added that there is no "blame game".
In the wake of a catastrophic flood that has ravaged parts of Himachal Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut on Friday termed it as "saddening" and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have taken reports.
After heavy rains caused severe havoc in the state of Uttarakhand damaging the route in the Rudraprayag district, the restoration and rescue work is underway to evacuate the people stranded. All the departments in the state are in alert mode and the government is working in the best possible
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday that cloudbursts occurred in Mandi, Shimla and Kullu districts today after which around 50 people are missing and two bodies have been recovered.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India shooter Swapnil Kusale after his bronze medal triumph in the men's 50m rifle 3P event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday claimed that over 200 people have lost their lives in the Wayanad landslides incident, adding that preventive measures are required and the focus should be on rescuing the people.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to assess the situation following a cloudburst that caused significant disruption in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu districts. The Union Home Minister assured the Chief Minister of providing central a
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking the declaration of the Wayanad Landslide as a "calamity of severe nature" under Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) guidelines in order to facilitate urgent assistance from MPs to