As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone Remal is expected to make landfall today (Sunday, May 26), at midnight, between Bangladesh and the adjoining West Bengal coasts.
Agartala, West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector, Vishal Kumar on Saturday said that NDRF and other teams are ready given the warning and is preparing to evacuate people from low-lying areas to safe shelters and start providing relief if needed.
As the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning against severe Cyclone Remal which is expected to hit West Bengal on May 26, NDRF Inspector Zaheer Abbas said our team is fully prepared to handle every kind of disaster.
Three more bodies were recovered on Friday morning from the site of a boiler blast in Dombivli area of Thane district in Maharashtra, bringing the death toll to 10, said officials. The blast occurred at a chemical plant on May 23, causing a massive fire that continues to necessitate cooling
The bodies of the three other deceased identified as Braj Himmatbhai Baldaniya (11), Bhargav Ashokbai Hadia (15) and Bhavesh Vallabhbhai Hadia (15). Two other bodies are yet to be identified.
The death toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse tragedy has reached 16 after two more bodies were recovered from a car stuck under the hoarding, an official said on Wednesday.
Rescue efforts are currently underway for the third day after a hoarding collapsed and claimed the lives of 14 people earlier in the Ghatkopar area of Mumbai.
The meeting was held to review the status of the induction of DRDO technologies into the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Police and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
A National Disaster Response Force team arrived at Pauri in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district on Thursday to control the forest fire incidents that were reported there.
With just a few months left before the annual Amarnath Yatra, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel are receiving specialised training to be part of the Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police to ensure the safety and