Jammu-Srinagar highway shut for second day, restoration underway
Hundreds of men, women and children travellers are stranded at different places on the highway.
Hundreds of men, women and children travellers are stranded at different places on the highway.
The recent election victory of General Brice Oligui Nguema in Gabon marks a dramatic, though not entirely surprising, pivot in the nation’s political narrative.
Photographs of residents of Wayanad in July-August 2024 lining up to cheer members of the Army’s rescue team as it withdrew after successfully completing its daunting rescue task post landslides dominated social media and news networks.
At least five people, including a woman, lost their lives in the Jammu region due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rains and snowfall. Normal life has been disrupted due to bad weather that has hit air, rail, and road traffic.
Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting urgent and unconditional financial assistance for the victims of the devastating landslide that struck Chooralmala and Mundakkai in the district of Kerala on July 30, 2024.
The landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, is a stark reminder of the increasing vulnerability of our natural landscapes to the forces of climate change.
The death toll in the Wayanad landslide tragedy has climbed to 150 as of July 31 morning.
The death toll in the Wayanad landslide tragedy climbed to 143 on Wednesday,, with several injured and trapped, according to the State Health Department.
In a post on X, CM MK Stalin said, “The government of Tamil Nadu is willing to extend any logistical and manpower support that may be needed in this hour of crisis to our brother state Kerala.”
More than 50-60 families from the affected villages have been moved to temporary shelters after an entire area came within the reach of the landslide on Saturday.