Disaster Management Authority

COVID: Reliance Foundation contributes Rs 5 cr to Uttarakhand Disaster Mang Authority

10:30 pm May 12, 2021

Dehradun/New Delhi: Reliance Foundation on Wednesday contributed Rs 5 crore to Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority as a support for COVID-19 relief measures. Thanking Reliance Foundation and Anant Ambani for the contribution, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said it will strengthen the fight against the pandemic.

Death toll rises to 30 and over 452 injured in earthquake in Pakistan

2:10 pm September 25, 2019

Islamabad: The death toll in the devastating earthquake that rattled Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and several cities in the country rose to 30 on Wednesday as authorities stepped up relief efforts. The epicenter of the powerful 5.8-magnitude earthquake, which occurred at around 4 pm on Tuesday at a depth of only 10 kilometers, was near Mirpur city […]

Release of water from dams in rain-hit Nashik continues

3:02 pm August 5, 2019

Nashik: Release of water from major dams in rain-battered Nashik district of Maharashtra continued on Monday as well, officials said, adding the Godavari river which flows through the city is still in full spate. Though intensity of rains lashing the north Maharashtra district since Friday night is reduced, flood-like situation on the banks of the […]

Over 70,000 people hit by floods in AP as Godavari still in

10:24 pm August 4, 2019

Amaravati: The continuing heavy flood in Godavari river affected over 74,000 people in parts of East and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday with nearly 18,000 of them being shifted to relief camps, officials said. A second warning signal was issued at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram as water flow in the […]

2 more districts flooded in Assam; 1.95 lakh affected

Assam flood situation improving; toll climbs to 90

8:13 pm August 4, 2019

Guwahati: Flood in Assam claimed one more life on Sunday, pushing the toll to 90, even as the overall situation improved considerably. Nearly 88,000 people remain affected by the deluge in 10 of the 33 districts of the state, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). Till Saturday, around 1.22 lakh people were […]