State Disaster Response Force

Eight dead, 17 missing as cloudbursts hit J-K and Ladakh

11:54 pm July 28, 2021

Jammu/Srinagar/Kargil: A series of cloudbursts struck different parts in the twin Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh overnight, killing eight people and leaving 17 others missing, officials said on Wednesday. The cloudbursts hit Dacchan and Boujwa areas in Kishtwar; the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas; Bandipora in north Kashmir […]

Covid Care training for SDRF personnel beings in Jammu

7:44 pm May 25, 2021

Jammu: A two-day training course for 100 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel ahead of their deployment for Covid duties commenced here on Tuesday, officials said. DGP, Commandant General, Home Guard, Civil Defence and SDRF, V K Singh inaugurated the training programme at Battalion headquarters, 2nd SDRF at Gandhi Nagar, the officials said. They said […]

Sixteen labourers rescued from tunnel

8:31 pm February 7, 2021

Dehradun: Sixteen workers were rescued on Sunday from a tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project after they were trapped there due to flash floods triggered by a glacial burst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said. Indo-Tibetan Border Police, State Disaster Response Force and other agencies were carrying out rescue operations on a war footing, they said. ”Sixteen labourers have been rescued from […]

Idols, items of worship fished out from Brahmaputra

6:39 pm December 1, 2019

Guwahati: Altogether 42 items used in worship and metal idols have been fished out from the Brahmaputra here, top police officials said. Idols of gods and goddesses, lamps, conches, temple door latches were retrieved from the river near Uzan Bazar- Umananda ferry ghat on Saturday while an iron statue was recovered on Sunday. Personnel of […]

Mahananda boat capsize death toll rises to 9

2:22 pm October 5, 2019

Katihar/Malda: The death toll in the incident of boat capsize in Mahananda river bordering West Bengal and Bihar rose to nine on Saturday after five more bodies were recovered by rescue teams, police said. The bodies were fished out from the river at Chanchal area of Malda district in West Bengal on Saturday morning, Malda […]

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