Floods

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.

Amid floods in Pakistan, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has suggested that citizens should treat floodwaters as a “blessing” and store them at home.

Over 1,000 villages have been hit in several districts, 323 in Gurdaspur, 101 in Ferozepur, 107 in Kapurthala, 85 in Hoshiarpur, 81 in Pathankot, 52 in Fazilka, and several others in Tarn Taran

Several Islamists expressed glee over the devastating flash floods that swept Uttarakhand, seeking perverse joy for the suffering faced by a predominantly Hindu Devbhoomi.

Reports say that around 20-25 hotels and homestays may have been washed away in the devastating floods. In the cloudburst incident, at least four people are reported dead.

The death toll has risen to 78, with 50 people dying due to rain-related incidents and 28 losing their lives in road accidents. In addition to that, 37 people have been reported missing and 115 have been injured.