Floods

Nepal says it does not need foreign rescue teams for now, but India’s pending NDRF offer raises questions over Kathmandu’s selective approach to international disaster assistance.

The Durga Puja spirit is crushed as Bengal’s decades of misrule and TMC’s corruption have left Kolkata defenceless against nature’s fury.

Each relief package sent through the 48 trucks contains: 10 kg flour, 10 kg rice, 2 kg tur dal, 2 kg roasted gram, 2 kg gram, 2.5 kg additional flour, 10 kg potatoes, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg mustard oil, 1 kg salt, two bathing soaps, candles and matchboxes, 10 packets of biscuits, sanitary pads, towels, mugs, Dettol, tarpaulins, buckets, cotton cloth, and disposable bags.

PM Modi announced a financial assistance of Rs. 1500 crore for Himachal Pradesh. There will be advance release of the second instalment of SDRF and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, as per government sources. 

India is facing one of its most destructive monsoons in decades. Heavy rains have triggered floods, landslides, and cloudbursts across states.