Delhi LG VK Saxena on Monday expressed concern about the collapse of civic infrastructure during the monsoon and said that an institutionalised mechanism should be put in place for scheduled inspections of facilities by senior officers.
Speaking to ANI, DIG 11th batallion NDRF Varanasi, Manoj Kumar Sharma, said, "Before the arrival of monsoons and floods, the NDRF team prepares itself completely so that we have complete arrangements to deal with any situation. Two teams of the NDRF will remain deployed on all ghats in Varan
To counter the disaster caused by monsoons, the Deputy Commissioner of the Shimla district administration, Anupam Kashyap on Thursday convened a special meeting with the joint task force and reviewed its preparedness on the issue.
The Regional Meteorological Centre of Mumbai on Friday issued a yellow alert for rains in Mumbai and other districts of Maharashtra while it also issued an orange alert for districts of Pune, Raigad and Satara.
The meeting was conducted to review the situation arising in the city due to waterlogging, overflow of unsilted drains and the backflow of the clogged sewer lines in the wake of the pre-monsoons in the city.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Shelly Oberoi said, "As monsoons are approaching Delhi, like every year, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has made arrangements and is prepared for it."
The 'Raja Parb' is one of the most celebrated festivals in Odisha. The three-day-long agricultural festival is celebrated during the onset of monsoons and is celebrated by the people with great enthusiasm and fervour.
In anticipation of the upcoming monsoon, the Urban Development Department of Delhi and Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Saurabh Bhardwaj held a meeting at the Delhi Secretariat with senior officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, DDA
Sabyasachi De, CPRO of Northeast Frontier Railway said that, due to the sustained efforts and infrastructure upgradations, the train operations have become better in the past few years during the monsoons.