The rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), in a Friday evening operation, evacuated 125 people, from various flood-affected parts of Tripura.
Amid heavy rainfall across various districts in Tripura, three Indian Air Force aircrafts carrying 120 members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) landed at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura on Thursday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday spoke with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and took stock of the flood situation in the state. In the telephonic conversation, the Home Minister also assured of all possible assistance from the Centre as and when required and informed that the C
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) remains on high alert around low-lying areas of Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, due to flooding caused by heavy rain on Sunday.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed hope that the central government would declare landslides in Kerala's Wayanad that claimed over 300 lives as a national disaster after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited and inspected the affected sites on Saturday.
ngress MP Jairam Ramesh told to ANI, "Almost 300 people have died in the Wayanad landslide. It was our demand that the incident should be declared as a National disaster. Today PM Modi has visited Wayanad...It would be good if he also goes to Manipur."
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday speaking in Lok Sabha on the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad urged the Central government to declare it a "national disaster", provide a comprehensive rehabilitation package for those affected and enhance the compensation given to people.
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.
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.
"I visited Wayanad with my sister some days back and saw firsthand the devastation, pain, and suffering resulting from this tragedy. More than 200 people are dead, and many are missing, but the eventual casualty count is expected to be over 400," Rahul Gandhi said.
The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted 201 people to safe areas including 17 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel from the Kedarnath Valley.