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Flood situation worsens in eastern parts of Bihar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug. 28 (ANI): The flood situation in Bihar has worsened in the eastern parts of Bihar, and the worst affected districts of the state are Bhagalpur, Khagaria and Munger.
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Pregnant woman forced to walk 6 kms to hospital in flood-ravaged MP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug. 27 (ANI): In what could be a slap on the face of the civil society, a case of shocking apathy has come to fore, wherein a pregnant woman in Madhya Pradesh was forced to walk six kilometres through a waterlogged area to reach the hospital to deliver h
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Ola boats deployed to support flood relief efforts in Varanasi, Allahabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi/Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): In an endeavour to help thousands of citizens affected by the floods and waterlogging in Varanasi and Allahabad, Ola, India's most popular mobile app for transportation, today announced that it has deployed boats to help people
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PM Modi assures round the clock assistance to flood-hit Varanasi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached out to the people in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi and said all assistance is being provided to tackle the flood situation.
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Water level of Ganga declining, will rescue people safely: DIG NDRF
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna, Aug. 23 (ANI): Assuring safety to those affected from flood in Bihar, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Surjeet Singh Guleria on Tuesday said the water level in the Ganga River is above danger level, but there has been considerable decline in wa
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Bihar floods: Nitish meets PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital to discuss the flood situation in the state and said that the Centre has assured of all assistance.
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NDRF continues rescue, relief ops as flood situation in Bihar, UP remains
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 23 (ANI): As the flood situation in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continues to be grim, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has launched a massive relief and rescue operation in the flood-hit areas of both states.
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35 NDRF rescue teams deployed for flood rescue and relief in six states
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.22 (ANI): The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has deployed 35 in six states for flood rescue and relief operations.
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Flood situation in Bihar under control: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar), Aug 22 (ANI): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the flood situation in Bihar is under control, adding he has urged the Centre to deploy experts who can analyze the situation and come up with measures to avoid such calamities and damages in future.
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PM speaks to CMs of flood-hit states, assures all help
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on flood situation in their respective states and assured them of all help.
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PM Modi assures support in rescue, relief ops in flood-hit states
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 22 (ANI), Aug. 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured his support in the rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
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Meet of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management to begin today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Udaipur, Aug 22 (ANI): A two-day meeting of the Ministers for Disaster Management from BRICS countries will begin in Rajasthan's Udaipur from Monday, the focus of which will be on two themes - 'Flood Risk Management' and 'Forecasting of Extreme Weather Events in the conte
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