New Delhi [India], July 17: In response to the waterlogging and flood situation caused by the overflowing of the Yamuna river in Delhi, SOS Children's Villages India has taken swift action to provide relief and support to the affected families. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority's notic
The MCD declared the list of schools that would remain closed on July 18 owing to the relief camps there or as a preventative measure due to waterlogging.
Talking to ANI, Atishi said, "Yamuna's water level is decreasing rapidly and we are hopeful that by tonight Yamuna's water level be below the danger level. Now, our priority is to get life back to normal and to set up relief and rehabilitation camps for those who had to evacuate their place.
The flood relief and rescue operations by NDRF are in full swing in the floods-affected areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The NDRF teams are on a mission to provide immediate relief to flood victims and leave no stone unturned to bring to help
Union Minister is on a four-day visit to Himachal Pradesh and has been engaged in the inspection of relief and rescue work and rehabilitation for the last three days by meeting the people suffering from the devastating rains in Himachal Pradesh and the disaster arising out of it.
As the schools--private and government-- in the affected districts of the national capital, are likely to continue to run as flood relief camps for a few days, Delhi government on Sunday announced that all the schools in those areas will remain shut for next two days.
Amid the ongoing flood-like situation in Punjab, the Punjab Animal Husbandry Department has organised Special flood relief camps in the affected districts, according to the Directorate of Information and Public Relations.
In a relief for consumers, who were forced to go off tomatoes after its prices went through the roof across the country, the Centre on Sunday reduced the wholesale price of tomatoes from Rs 90 to Rs 80 per kg.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) carried out rescue operations in the low-lying areas near Pragati Maidan late on Saturday night as the Yamuna River continues to overflow.
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that that the condition of this area is very bad and said that almost no work has been done in the name of relief.
Col Tejinder Singh, Corps of Engineers Indian Army working on the ongoing flood relief work at drain 1 at the ITO site said that his team carried out an initial assessment and mustered their resources. After analysing the situation they came to the conclusion that there is a requirement of a