State Disaster Response Force News

Banda boat tragedy: CM Yogi Adityanath earlier condoled the loss of lives and directed the District Magistrate (DM) and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the district to conduct a search and rescue operation immediately.

As the city reels under an incessant downpour, the Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday recorded the highest rainfall in at least 115 years with the death toll mounting to 10.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday instructed that five boats should be made available in every village panchayat in the state and a few locals should be trained in navigating them in view of the yearly floods in the state.

A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said 146.19 lakh persons in 19 districts have been affected by the floods.  

The toll in the boat tragedy in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district rose to eight after seven more bodies were recovered by rescue teams this morning, an official said.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi appreciated NDRF for undertaking activities like mock drill, community training and school safety programme, apart from search and rescue operations.

The situation has made the state government to open 128 relief camps with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal taking stock of the situation.

According to reports, the rescue team found five dead bodies from the debris. The injured have been rushed to the Dharchula Elementary hospital.  

The flood water has submerged the low lying areas of the Kaziranga national park.   

A team of 428 will be split into two groups. They will be back in June from training and stationed at Vidarbha and North Maharashtra.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that at least 15 people have lost their lives so far in the flash floods.