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Central team visits landslide-affected areas in Wayanad
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A central team visited the disaster-hit areas of Wayanad, led by Union Home Department Joint Secretary and Inter-Ministerial Central Team Leader Rajeev Kumar.
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Flood damage estimated at Rs 900 cr, Himachal to remain on high alert for
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The recent heavy rainfall and flood situation in Himachal Pradesh has led to a devastating loss of Rs 900 crore to the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH), Public Works Department (PWD), and the state's road infrastructure, a government release said on Friday.
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PM Modi to visit landslide-affected sites in Kerala's Wayanad on Aug 10
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that the state has requested the central government to declare this as a national disaster and a severe calamity.
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PoGB villages face imminent threat due to climate change as administration
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The calamity has triggered severe erosion, putting the general public and property at great risk. Currently, the Hunza and Shigar rivers are now flowing at alarming levels. As of now, these rivers have caused severe damage to settlements surrounding Passu and Shigar.
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Finance Ministry orders PSU insurers to extend all possible help to the vi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Finance Ministry has ordered five public sector insurance companies to extend all the possible help to the victims of the calamity in Kerala to secure the insurance claims, the Finance Ministry said in a post on social media platform "X".
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"Declare Wayanad landslide as calamity of severe nature": Congress MP Shas
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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
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WB Guv Ananda Bose extends support to victims of Wayanad landslides; donat
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Taking to its social media handle on X, Raj Bhavan Media Cell, Kolkata, posted, "Governor CV Ananda Bose donated his one-month salary for disaster relief activities in landslide hit Wayanad, Kerala. HG has expressed the solidarity of the people of Bengal with the victims of the calamity in K
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"Frequent train accidents causing loss of lives, railway property," says O
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the Centre for not taking steps to prevent frequent train derailments and said such incidents are causing loss of lives and railway property. He also said that the landslide in Kerala's Wayanad was a natural calamity.
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Odisha CM Mohan Majhi chairs State-level Natural Calamity Committee meetin
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi chaired the State-Level Natural Calamity Committee meeting at Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
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"Deaths due to heatwave must be compensated under SDRF calamity relief fun
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As the intense heatwave grips the state of Rajasthan, Minister Kirodi Lal Meena said that the heatwave death toll claimed by the opposition is far from reality and a total of five people have so far lost their lives.
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"Centre provided only Rs 300 crores during Himachal floods," claims Congre
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Rebutting Home Minister Amit Shah's accusation of misappropriation of Rs 3,200 crore during the monsoon calamity in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh said that only 300 crore was given by the Centre to the state.
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Death toll mounts to 75 in Brazil floods, over 100 missing
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The death toll has risen to 75 in Brazil floods, as the calamity continues to wreak havoc in the country's southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Al Jazeera reported.
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