Bangladesh objections hold up Tripura projects: Minister
August 4th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tripura's many projects of irrigation, flood control and embankment building have been stopped since 2007 following objections from Bangladesh, a state minister said ... Read more...
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Flood-hit Orissa gets two more choppers
September 26th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Two more helicopters have been deployed in Orissa, where hundreds are engaged in rescue operations after devastating floods displaced thousands and killed 17 people.The home ... Read more...
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Orissa airdrops food as floods get worse
September 24th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) Orissa Saturday started airdropping of food packets in marooned villages as a fresh round of floods triggered by heavy rains in the past four days got ... Read more...
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Orissa floods: Six die, toll rises to 32
September 16th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 16 (IANS) Six more people died in Orissa Friday in flood-related incidents, bringing the death toll to 32, authorities said.Four deaths were reported from Jajpur district and two ... Read more...
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Floods render thousands homeless in Bihar
August 21st, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 21 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by floods in Bihar, with many forced to flee their homes and struggling to survival under the open ... Read more...
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Agricultural land flooded in Punjab
July 9th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Fazilka (Punjab), July 9 (IANS) Heavy rainfall in parts of Punjab has resulted in breaching of river embankments at various places and an alarming rise in the water level of ... Read more...
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One killed, thousands of houses washed away in Bengal rains
June 21st, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) One man was killed and more than six lakh people affected as heavy rains inundated parts of ten districts in West Bengal, a minister said Tuesday."Ten ... Read more...
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44 killed in China floods
June 10th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 10 (IANS) Floods triggered by torrential rains deluged central and eastern regions of China Thursday night and Friday, killing at least 44 people, officials said.At least 33 people ... Read more...
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Bengal to acquire land for building river embankments
June 4th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said land will be acquired under a special project for building embankments along rivers in Sunderbans areas devestated ... Read more...
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Battered but still balloting, Sundarbans shows way
April 28th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Gosaba (West Bengal), April 28 (IANS) They say their lives are as hollow as the promises of politicians. But, walking on treacherous terrain or ferried by boat, as many as ... Read more...
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Bangladesh accord pushes 14 irrigation schemes in Tripura
January 12th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) The India-Bangladesh secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, ... Read more...
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Yamuna rises alarmingly; under control, says Dikshit (Roundup)
September 10th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Yamuna continued to swell, crossing the danger mark by over a metre as flood-hit Haryana released more water Friday into the river from a barrage upstream. ... Read more...
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Heavy rain continues to lash parts of Haryana
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Aug. 22 (ANI): Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash different parts of Haryana on Sunday with the water level of the swollen Yamuna river further increasing.In Haryana, heavy downpour ... Read more...
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Twelve million affected by floods in Pakistan (Second lead)
August 7th, 2010 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 6 (DPA) Pakistan said Friday that 12 million people have been affected by floods that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and claimed more than 1,600 lives.
Nadeem Ahmed, head ... Read more...
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Bihar to plant 27 lakh bamboos in flood-prone districts
December 25th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 25 (IANS) The Bihar government will plant 27 lakh bamboo saplings in the flood-prone districts of the state by March next year to protect river embankments from erosion, an official ... Read more...
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Hand over Indian separatists, BSF tells Bangladesh
November 8th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 8 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has asked its Bangladesh counterparts to hand over militants from India's northeast and convicted Indian nationals hiding in their territory, a BSF spokesman ... Read more...
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Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra still submerged
October 7th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra Pradesh remained inundated Wednesday after the Krishna river breached its embankment even though the overall flood situation improved as floodwaters in the ... Read more...
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Over 300,00 stranded as Assam flood situation turns grim
July 4th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati/Majuli (Assam), July 4 (ANI): Incessant rains in Assam's catchment areas have left over 300,000 people stranded.Reports said that most of the state's rivers are in spate and flowing above the danger ... Read more...
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`Cyclone Aila’ renders 24000 homeless in W. Bengal’s South 24 Parganas District
May 26th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, May 26 (ANI): About 24000 people have been rendered homeless in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas District, the area worst hit by `Cyclone Alia'.The district administration has set up about ... Read more...
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Floods displace thousands in Gorakhpur
September 26th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur, Sept 26 (ANI): Floods have inundated over a dozen villages and displaced thousands in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Water in the Ghagra and Kuano rivers have risen more than a feet-and-a-half since ... Read more...
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Orissa flood toll 29; Uttar Pradesh, Delhi face Yamuna fury (Roundup)
September 22nd, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/Lucknow/New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) More than 770,000 people Monday continued to face the fury of floods as the Mahanadi in Orissa and the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh were in spate affecting ... Read more...
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Orissa flood victims struggle for food, drinking water
September 22nd, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) Thousands of flood victims in Orissa continued to struggle for food and drinking water Monday as the overflowing Mahanadi river and its tributaries kept 570,000 people marooned. The ... Read more...
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Orissa floods: 17 killed, half a million still marooned (Lead)
September 21st, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 17 people have been killed and more than half a million remain marooned in about 2,000 villages in Orissa as officials were struggling Sunday to reach ... Read more...
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Relief work stepped up in Orissa as floods kill 16
September 21st, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar , Sept 21 (ANI): Relief work has been speeded up in Orissa, which is facing floods by one of India ''s largest rivers killing 16 people and forcing evacuation of ... Read more...
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Orissa seeks Rs.15 bn as flood situation worsens (Lead)
September 20th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to the central government asking for an initial package of Rs.15 billion as floods in the state have affected about two ... Read more...
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PM to undertake an aerial survey of flood-hit Bihar today
August 28th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by ANI
Patna, Aug 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will today undertake an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Bihar.After a day-long aerial survey, Dr. Singh is scheduled to review ... Read more...
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Nitish Govt. failed to tackle flood situation in Bihar: Paswan
August 27th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan today accused the Bihar Government of failing to handle the flood situation ... Read more...
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