floods

The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) here on  Monday for Central Assistance to States affected by drought, landslides and flood. The Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs…

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met here today under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Shri PK Sinha to discuss the current flood situation in Tamil Nadu. The Cabinet Secretary took a detailed review of the situation…

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the loss of lives and damage to infrastructure in Chennai and several others parts of Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains. In a message to Dr. K. Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu,…

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will visit Chennai, to take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods. "Leaving for Chennai to take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods", the Prime…

In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to spend time with the flood-affected people in Jammu & Kashmir on Diwali. He will stay in Srinagar on October 23 and meet the people. It is seen as a fitting tribute to the…

Even as the Centre reluctantly offered just Rs 1,000 crore interim assistance to Cyclone and flood-hit Odisha against the demand of Rs 5,832.50 crore, the international funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)…

After a series of follow-up acts from the ruling BJD government led by Naveen Patnaik followed by a letter written by Governor SC Jamir, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has announced an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to cyclone and…

As the centre has completely ignored Odisha and not releasing any assistance to deal with the crisis aftermath Cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods, Governor SC Jamir has been forced to write a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh,…