UP & Bihar on alert. Surge entered the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal from the Tibetan side at about 9 am Wednesday, severely affecting the border settlements of Timure and Syapru Besi.
The disaster exposed how logging reshaped floodplains that are home to tens of millions of people. Sumatra is a major hub for palm oil, mining, timber and oil and gas.
Govt has been storing rations near temple where villagers who survived flash flood have set up camp. ‘If another flood comes here, we won’t be saved,’ says Dharali resident Suresh Panwar.
Situation will return to normal and supplies will start coming in once road opens, says Bhatwari SDM as rescue work continues in the region hit by flash floods.
Rescue & rehabilitation ops are still underway as several villagers remain missing since the 5 August flash floods. Local administration is supplying food & other essentials to residents.
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.
At least 16 lives have been lost in flash flood that struck Dharali in Uttarkashi on 5 Aug. Independent analysis from 2023 hints that ‘hanging glaciers’ may have caused disaster.
Pilgrimages like the Char Dham Yatra have continued for centuries without turning into tourism. The extreme greed to extract commercial dividends from religion can be detrimental in the long run.
A woman forced to wear a hijab is undoubtedly experiencing coercion. But so is a woman prevented from wearing one. Both situations are the same—the denial of choice.
Inter-Governmental Agreement will be for development of Integrated Full Electric Propulsion technology on four LPDs to be built in India, say British officials.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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