Flood

Following multiple landslides in Nepal’s Achham district, as many as 13 persons have been killed, and 14 others have gone missing, on September 17. Meanwhile, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has ordered to deploy helicopter to carry out search and rescue operations. This has come due to incessant rainfall Nepal has been receiving. Besides, Nepal is also facing flooding and waterlogging in various parts of the country.

The flood condition in Odisha continues to stay grim. About 4.67 lakh people have been affected across 10 districts and 1,757 villages. As of August 18, over 60,000 persons have been evacuated to safe places. Meanwhile, flood water is being released via Hirakud reservoir through 40 gates. Furthermore, school buildings have been ordered to use the buildings for shelter and relief distribution.

Pakistan administration is accused of demanding original computerized national Identify cards, for providing ration to the flood-affected persons. Some people are complaining that the administration is demanding for the ID cards, even after they've lost all their belongings in floods. Another person said that the ID cards weren't given for everybody. "How can a family of 10 survive with one card's ration?", said a victim. 

In Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district, Indian Navy continued the relief operations on July 16, due to massive flooding. On the request of the Eluru administration, two medium-lift UH3H choppers were deployed to assist in the flood situation caused by Godavari river. Reportedly, over 2,000 kg of relief materials including essential food items, medicines, etc were air-dropped from choppers. The flood situation occurred due to overflowing of… read-more

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel conducted an aerial survey of the areas affected by heavy rains, which resulted in a flood-like situation. During the survey, the CM took notice of the situation, and issued directions to the state authorities. A red alert has been issued in Rajkot, Jamnagar and Kutch. The Western Railway department reported that at least 10 trains were cancelled on July 12.