One dead and three sustained injuries after being buried under debris falling from a hill near the landslide-affected region of the Sonprayag area in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
"Very sad news was received that some passengers were buried under debris between Sonprayag-Munkatiya (Rudraprayag). The local administration, NDRF and SDRF teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations. I am also in touch with the concerned officials and monitoring the rescue operation.
The Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, Sanjeev Kumar Jindal, briefed the public on the ongoing flood situation and the rescue efforts carried out by various teams in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Based on the requests received from local administration due to flood like situation after incessant rains in Andhra Pradesh, Indian Naval Aircraft, Flood Relief Teams (FRTs) and diving teams from Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam were deployed to augment the Humanitarian Assistance
Amid heavy rain fall and flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team along with Central forces and district officials, provided food, drinking water, and other essential items to the flood-affected areas in Vijayawada through helicopters.
The Indian Air Force deployed two IL-76 aircrafts from Halwara and Bhatinda to airlift more than 200 NDRF personnel and tons of relief material to Vijaywada and Shamshabad to help aid the NDRF efforts in Andhra Pradesh, confirmed the Indian Air Force Media Co-ordination Centre on Monday.
Amid the heavy rainfall in Gujarat for the past few days, a 34-year old home guard, identified as Devesh died after being swept away in the heavy rains. The body of a home guard soldier was retrieved by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), NDRF officials confirmed.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain today, Friday, at isolated places in Gujarat's districts of Kachchh, Morbi, Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, and Porbandar.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited Devbhumi Dwarka district to review relief efforts after heavy rainfall. Khambhaliya recorded the highest rainfall in the state over the past five days, with 944 mm. In Khambhaliya, the Chief Minister gathered first-hand information about the rai
Earlier, Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said that more than 5,000 people have been rehabilitated and over 12,000 people rescued as of Wednesday from the floods following the heavy rains that lashed the city of Vadodara.