Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
14-August, 2017 15:15 IST
Shri J P Nadda condoles loss of lives in accident due to massive landslide in Himachal
Shri Nadda speaks to Shri Nitin Gadkari
NHAI to include soil stabilization, land protection wall, zeo static and slope stabilization in DPRs for highways in Himachal
Shri J P Nadda Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare condoled the loss of lives in the landslide related accidenton the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway 154 on Sunday, terming the mishap as "unfortunate and saddening".He also wished for speedy recovery of all those injured. Shri Nadda further stated that the government firmly stands with the families of the victims.
Shri J P Nadda expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, for sending a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) toMandi. He said that this has strengthenedthe rescue and relief operations at Mandi.
To prevent such mishaps in future Shri Nadda also spoke toShri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shippingand requested him to direct National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to take necessary steps for averting such accidents. Accordingly, Shri Gadkari directed the NHAI to include soil stabilization, land protection wall, zeo static and slope stabilisation in all the DPRs for constructing national highways in Himachal Pradesh. He also directed NHAI to complete all the DPRs at the earliest.
Shri J P Nadda expressed gratitude to Shri Nitin Gadkariji and said that such initiatives will greatly help in reducing the accidents in future.
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Ministry of Defence
14-August, 2017 20:25 IST
HADR Operation by Indian Air Force
In response to assistance requested by Civil administration for flood relief operations in Bihar, since yesterday, the C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force have airlifted a total of 324 NDRF personnel and over 42 tons of load from Bhubaneswar and Ranchi to major relief centres at Purnea and Patna.
In addition, 372 Army personnel and 25.5 tons of load has also been airlifted from Ranchi to Purnea and Patna to assist in flood relief operations. A total of 4 sorties of C-17 and one sortie of An-32 aircraft have been flown towards this task.
A Mi-17 helicopter from Gorakhpur evacuated 45 marooned people from Maharajganj on the morning of 14 Aug 17. In addition 90 Army personnel along with boats and rescue equipment have also been transferred from Allahabad to Darbhanga.
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Test of survival: A girl and her brother cross floodwaters at Mayong village in Morigaon district of Assam on Sunday. Ten more persons were killed in rain-related incidents in the State and the Army’s help was sought. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
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Itanagar, August 14, 2017 18:41 IST
Updated: August 14, 2017 18:41 IST
Flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh continued to remain grim as surface communication has been disrupted in various parts of the State.
Majority portion of Anjaw, East Siang and Namsai districts were affected by flood while Papum Pare, East Kameng and West Siang were partly hit.
Remote Anjaw district has been cut off from the rest of the State for seven days as the main road to the district from Lohit remained blocked at several places following landslides triggered by incessant rains, an official report said here.
Intra-district road communications were also badly hit. Hawai, Hayuliang and Chaglongam Circle in the district were cut off from the rest of the district for the past three or four days, the report said. Though efforts were on clear the roads, recurring landslides were hampering restoration work.
Meanwhile, food crisis looms large in the district bordering China and Deputy Commissioner Mamata Riba requested the State government for facilitating air dropping of food packets if the road remains blocked for another two days.
The district administration has directed the PWD and other departments to pull in resources for quick restoration of roads. An East Siang district report said that a sudden change in course of Silluk river has cause inundation in Silluk village damaging paddy fields and roads.
At least nine houses were damaged due to erosion of Noa-Dehing river in Namsai district in the second wave of monsoon flood, though officials said the situation is improving.
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In the border villages, many have taken shelter on the roof top while rest moved to Bangladesh.
Bengal Minister thanks neighbour for gesture
Najmool Haq called several times from Moghulhut town in Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat district to say that his “real name” should not be disclosed as he crossed the border without papers to take shelter in a flood centre in Moghulhut town in north Bangladesh.
Moghulhut is about 15 minutes on foot from Mr. Haq’s village, Daribosh, located in the extreme north-eastern border of the State’s Cooch Behar district. In the middle of last week Mr. Haq, his two kids, wife and parents left the village as the river Dharla, about three km from his house, overflowed its banks and entered his village. The adjacent village Jaridhorla is also ‘entirely’ under water, he said.
“A few thousands from the two villages took shelter in the flood centre in Moghulhut’s Union Council flood centre. Many have also sought refuge in the houses of their relatives here,” Mr. Haq said. “We would all celebrate Independence Day in Bangladesh this year.”
Realising that Bangladesh has stepped up its machinery to accommodate the “few thousand” children, women and men from Cooch Behar, the Minister of North Bengal Development Department Rabindra Nath Ghosh thanked the Awami League-led government.
“Many thousands had to take shelter in Bangladesh and we are immensely thankful to the Government of the country for accommodating and feeding so many people without any fuss,” Mr. Ghosh said.
The entire north Bengal is reeling under the impact of incessant rain in both the plains and the hills. Both Siliguri city and Cooch Behar district are cut off from the rest of Bengal, while train services to both North East and north Bengal have been stopped. About a dozen people have lost their lives, the Minister said.
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Shimla, August 14, 2017 20:44 IST
Updated: August 14, 2017 20:45 IST
After a cloudburst, an entire portion of a big hill came down and a number of houses and vehicles on the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway.
About 20 families of farmers who witnessed the
landslip havoc of Kotrupi in Mandi on Sunday morning shifted to nearby villages, since the mud slide and fall of boulders have not stopped. They have demanded that since they have moved out the administration should help them in their rehabilitation somewhere else.
After a cloudburst, an entire portion of a big hill came down and a number of houses and vehicles on the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway were buried in the debris.
The authorities who are working overtime to restore the highway said it would take a couple of days more for traffic to resume. The highway connects the two important districts of Mandi and Kangra. Executive Engineer Anil Sangrai said the decision to allow vehicles to ply again on the highway would be taken by the district administration.
The rescue operation by NDRF and Army personnel at the disaster site continued on Monday also but no more bodies were recovered. The administration had recovered 46 bodies on Sunday and 14 of them are yet to be identified, said Sandeep Kadam, Deputy Commissioner. Around 70 people have died in the State so far because of the monsoon fury and the recovery of some more bodies from the debris at Kotrupi cannot be ruled out.
Meanwhile a village near the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway was on Monday declared unsafe and residents were asked to shift to safer places in view of threat of landslips. The Himachal Road Transport Corporation has suspended night services on 65 landslip-prone roads in Shimla district.
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With PTI inputs)
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Abhay Kumar,DH News Service, Patna, Aug 14 2017, 17:29 IST
NDRF personnel de-boarding an IAF plane on their arrival at Jay Parakash Narayan Airport in Patna on Monday, to carry out rescue and relief works in flood-hit areas of Bihar. PTI Photo
Separate teams of Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were pressed into service at different flood-affected districts in Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday undertook an aerial survey of the worst-hit flood-affected districts – Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar and Araria.
“The heavy rainfall in Nepal region in the last few days has made Bihar rivers, particularly Gandak, Mahananda, Kankai and Kosi, wreak havoc in different districts bordering the Himalayan Kingdom,” said Nitish after winding up his aerial visit.
The Bihar Chief Minister, who earlier spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, expressed satisfaction over the Centre’s timely assistance. “Apart from the Army and the IAF, we have received the support of NDRF team too. Even today, six more NDRF teams were rushed to Patna from Odisha. These personnel have been deployed to flood-hit districts like Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Madhubani,” said Nitish, after taking stock of the flood scene.
Altogether ten persons have reportedly lost their lives in the flood which occurred in the last two days. The Government sources, however, confirmed only six deaths.
“The damage caused is almost similar to the one which occurs after a flash flood. Otherwise, places like Kishanganj and Araria have never seen this kind of flood in recent memory,” said Nitish, who has asked all the top officials to work on war-footing while carrying out relief and rescue operations. At least 17 trains, including New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express, were cancelled after flood water submerged railway tracks at Kishanganj station.
Meanwhile, on Monday, IAF choppers were used to distribute food packets among the flood-hit who were brought to relief camps or remained stranded on roads, particularly NH-31.
“If required, additional reinforcements would be pressed into service. We are taking nothing to chance even though the flood water has started receding in different parts,” said Principal Secretary, Disaster Management, Pratyay Amrit.
Aug 14, 2017 11:56 IST
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Indian army soldiers evacuate villagers affected by floods in state of Assam. Flood waters have submerged 2,734 villages and more than 1.34 lakh hectare of crop area affected. Erosion and breaches of embankments have been reported in more than 11 districts. (Anuwar Hazarika/REUTERS)
Aug 14, 2017 11:56 IST
Heavy rainfall since Thursday has resulted in floods across 21 of Assam’s 33 districts, claiming 15 lives and affecting over more than 2 million people. In an emergency meeting on Sunday, the Assam government deployed Army rescue in search and relief operations with Indian Air Force choppers on standby. Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal termed the second wave of deluge since July as the ‘worst floods in the decades.’ (Biju Boro/AFP)
Villagers wade through flood waters carrying household items at Koliabor village in the northeastern state of Assam. Floods also affected Tripura, forcing 9,917 families to take shelter in 75 relief camps. (Biju Boro/AFP)
Rail links between the northeast and the rest of the country were disrupted after railway tracks got damaged as a result of flooding at several places in Assam and West Bengal. (Anuwar Hazarika/REUTERS)
The first wave of floods had claimed 84 lives in Assam and another 62 across Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland between May and July. (Arindam Dey/AFP)
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Additional personnel of national and state disaster response forces were deployed in the affected districts to rescue people. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 1.83 lakh people displaced in the recent floods are taking shelter in 678 relief camps across the state. (Biju Boro/AFP)