The rain-related fatalities include deaths due to landslides, flash flood, cloudbursts, drowning, lightning, fires, electrocution, falls from steep terrain, and other incidents.
Officials say toll is likely to rise by Tuesday as the scale of the disaster becomes clearer. So far, over 850 people have been rescued and 41 remain missing.
CM also reviewed repair works undertaken on roads, bridges damaged and directed officials to take necessary steps to normalise arrangements in affected areas.
Asia warming faster than global average, the report said, adding that early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans, however, have saved thousands of lives.
More than 40 per cent of districts in India that were previously dry are seeing floods and vice-versa. A holistic climate resilience approach is needed to address this.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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