Tents have been set up for families displaced by the swollen Yamuna near Mayur Vihar. Delhi govt supplies essential items, as women & children gather in queues for food outside the camps.
Until we find the answers to climate change that can ease flooding, a nation-wide implementation of state-of-the-art flood forecasting systems is the only way to go.
Thousands of residents are awaiting flood relief even after a month of the CM’s promise of Rs 10,000 aid. Govt claims over Rs 650 crore has been disbursed.
On the journey, ThePrint meets an expat nurse-turned-relief worker, NDRF personnel, as well as some who have lost everything but want to get on with life.
IAS officer Prasanth Nair is the inspiration behind an international effort to collate genuine distress calls and route them to the relevant officials.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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