Three dead, four missing as car plunges into Ganga
Three people died and four others went missing after an Innova SUV they were travelling in plunged into River Ganga on Tuesday.
Three people died and four others went missing after an Innova SUV they were travelling in plunged into River Ganga on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued more than 10,000 devotees en route to the Kedarnath Shrine on Tuesday night after they were stuck due to a road blockade caused by a sudden landslide near Sonprayag.
Rescue efforts continued on Saturday morning near Keshi Ghat in Vrindavan, in Mathura district, after at least ten people died in a boat capsizing, officials said.
The CM said Home Guards work with sincerity, without expectation or self-interest, to serve society, and the force stands by citizens during natural disasters, crowd management, traffic regulation, and difficult situations while supporting the police.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, the cyclone has lost considerable strength and is moving at a very slow pace. It was centred 510 km south-southeast of Chennai and was moving north-northwest at a speed of 3 kmph.
As the water level in all rivers of Jammu division dropped below the danger mark on Friday, relief and rescue operations continued with the Army, Air Force, NDRF, SDRF, J&K Police and other agencies joining hands to mitigate the suffering of thousands of people affected by the unprecedented flood during the past five days.
A vital bridge on the strategic Jammu-Pathankot national highway was badly damaged, and several students of the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) were rescued by SDRF personnel as torrential rains this morning threw life out of gear in the Jammu region.
Heavy rains since Friday morning worsened the situation in several areas, with Nimoda Hariji (Kota), Tilswan (Bhilwara), Bhadoti (Sawai Madhopur), Nainwan, Kesoraipatan, and Kaparen (Bundi), along with Banathali and Dev Dham Jodhpuriya (Tonk), being the worst-affected pockets.
The rescue teams of the Army, NDRF, CISF, SDRF and J&K Police are continuing their operations for the last five days as anxious relatives wait in the village for some good news about their loved ones.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday announced ex gratia assistance of Rs 2 lakh from the CM’s Relief Fund, in addition to SDRF support to the kin of each of the seven killed in this morning's cloudburst in the Kathua district of Jammu.
