Heavy rain across TN, Chennai suburbs flood
Close on the heels of cyclone Fengal, which devastated northern Tamil Nadu, heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal continues to lash the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
Close on the heels of cyclone Fengal, which devastated northern Tamil Nadu, heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal continues to lash the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
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.
In a post on X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Given the flood situation in Tripura, the Central government, under the leadership of (Narendra) Modi Ji, has approved the release of Rs 40 crore in advance, as the Central share from SDRF, to provide relief to the affected people.”
Providing immediate relief to farmers in distress due to crop loss during the recent floods, the Uttar Pradesh government has released an amount of over Rs 150 crore. This amount was allocated based on district demands to cover crop losses.
Amid heavy rain and flood, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday directed the administration, police, SDRF and local bodies to be vigilant and focus on rescue and relief works.
Mr Shah reached out to the Chief Ministers and had separate telephonic conversations to assess the flood situation, as well as the surge in water level due to heavy rainfall.
The flood in Assam has so far claimed 93 lives, as two people died in Karimganj district in the last 24 hours, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
