South Korea to provide $500,000 in aid to flood-hit Nepal
South Korea will provide $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Nepal to help its relief efforts following devastating floods and landslides, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
South Korea will provide $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Nepal to help its relief efforts following devastating floods and landslides, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
The newly-assigned DM, East Burdwan, Ayesha Rani A today visited flood hit areas of Jamalpur block and extended food packets, garments ahead of the Durga Puja festival.
Noting that the flood situation in Bihar is ''becoming terrible'', Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asked the Centre to provide adequate compensation to every flood victim and help the state government.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to inaugurate Durga Puja at Sreebhumi in Lake Town on Tuesday.
The flood situation in West Bengal has pushed vegetable prices in the retail markets in Kolkata to skyrocket just before the forthcoming prolonged festive season in the state, starting with Durga Puja in the second week of next month.
Kabul River is still at a very high flood level at Nowshera as the water has crossed 300,000 cusecs and this is why residents in some areas have not been allowed to come back to their homes," she said in a statement cited by The Express Tribune.
Couple that with the expected mass migration to urban centres and you can easily see what the near future will hold.
The rescue, relief and rehabilitation in the country continue. According to The News International, the catastrophe has killed around 719,558 livestock.
At the heart of the ideological divide is the question whether sovereignty is absolute in an inter-connected and inter-dependent world.
As millions of Pakistan people ravaged by extreme rain-induced flooding awaited relief on Friday, Quetta and Swat came under the spotlight.
