The Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management has been introduced for 144 forest fire-prone districts of 19 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam.
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.
A SDRF staff recalls how an ominous thick black smoke blanketing the sky outside his office gave him a hunch that something was amiss. Team reached crash site at 1.45 pm,he adds.
4 people have lost their lives. Officials say rescue work hampered as building in congested locality and can only be reached through bylanes where movement of heavy machinery not easy.
17-day ordeal for 41 workers trapped inside under-construction Silkyara tunnel ended late Tuesday after rat-hole miners burrowed through last 18 metres of rubble. How it unfolded.
Three augers from Odisha & Gujarat yet to reach tunnel site. Gadkari says if machines work, rescue could be facilitated within 2.5 days but others say it could take longer.
An American auger machine drilled through 24 m of debris before breaking down. Another on its way from Indore. Workers who escaped fate similar to their colleagues can do nothing but wait.
Child has been rushed to hospital in Nalanda & said to be in stable condition. NDRF official says established communication between child and parents with help of cameras.
Residents of Civil Lines say NDRF, police personnel swiftly started evacuation. At settlement on the Yamuna banks near Rajghat, labourers left with no homes say they got ‘no warning, no help’.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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