If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.
Ex-water resources & river development minister says it’s ‘imperative’ to ‘immediately pause’ & maintain balance between nature, environment, tourism & faith in Himalayan states.
Report by central committee blames glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) for the incident. Sikkim govt cites a cloudburst. Insiders say destroyed Chungthang dam's insurance at root of debate.
100-year-old Shiv Mandir was washed away in cloudburst that struck Monday. It had an estimated 30 devotees inside at the time. Fourteen bodies have been recovered so far.
Cloudburst & landslides have led to the death of at least 50 people in separate incidents in Himachal Pradesh. Ratiram & Jamuna Devi lost half their family, their mud house & gaushala.
The Telanagana CM announces Rs 1,000 crore package for a slew of relief works, allots Rs 10,000 in financial assistance and 20 kg rice for each of the flood-hit families
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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