The Chief Minister has directed both the District Magistrates to deploy the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams in the affected areas and carry out relief work expeditiously.
Three bodies have been retrieved while at least six to seven people are feared trapped in the debris as the rescue operation is underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams where a six-storey building collapsed in Surat on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier on Sunday reviewed the impact of Cyclone Remal which claimed three dozen lives and affected more than two lakh people across the northeastern states due to flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides.
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.
Cyclone 'Michaung' is expected to reach the west-central Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts by December 4 forenoon, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 21 teams for rescue and relief operations, National Crisis Management
"Three teams of NDRF were rushed to at the spot last night once we received information of the incident. The NDRF teams launched the relief and rescue operation along with the local administration," Nityanand Rai said speaking to ANI on Thursday.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams on Monday rescued as many as 157 people, stranded in low-lying areas in Gujarat's Aravalli district following heavy rainfall in the region.
Earlier, NDRF on Thursday said that a total of 13 bodies, among 21 people who went missing after a massive landslide, have been recovered. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams continue search and rescue operations on Friday at the landslide-affected Summer Hill area of Shimla
As incessant rains wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses as well as caused the deaths of over a dozen people, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the loss of lives at various places in the state is extremely distre
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday expressed grief over the landslide incident in Raigad that killed at least four people. He also announced an aid of five lakh rupees to the families of the deceased, said officials.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that he had spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde regarding the landslide that occurred as a result of heavy rains in Maharashtra's Raigad and that a total of 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were deployed to carry ou