monsoon brings india to its knees floods claim 52 lives
Last Updated : GMT 09:03:51
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
Last Updated : GMT 09:03:51
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today

Monsoon brings India to its knees; floods claim 52 lives

Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today

Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Monsoon brings India to its knees; floods claim 52 lives

Residents and travelers stand on the remains of a flood-damaged road in the state of Uttarakhand.
Gauhati - Arab Today

A longish spell of rain leaves civic life in a gigantic mess, from Delhi-NCR to Mumbai to Bangalore to Chennai. 
Outlining the reasons for such a pathetic state of the nation, the FirstPost.com says, roads and areas get inundated, residents in localities keep scrambling for higher safe ground, traffic comes to a grinding halt; in short normal life gets choked in every possible way. 
This is not to mention of remote places such as Assam or Odisha that face the fury of rain and floods every year because the cities mentioned above are the loci of India’s political, financial and technological power, the show pieces of India’s urbanization story, the report says. 
If things can go so bad at these places then the condition of the rest of India is only left to one’s imagination. It takes one good monsoon shower to show us what we are, the shallowness we all are steeped in and the collective hypocrisy that drives our lives as citizens.
The authorities on Saturday meanwhile tried to rescue thousands of people stranded in flooded villages after a week of heavy rain killed at least 52 people and uprooted tens of thousands of others from their homes in the states of Assam in the remote northeast and Bihar in the east. Twenty-six deaths have been reported in Assam, where incessant downpours have damaged roads and snapped telephone cables in several districts, a government statement said.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh flew over the worst-hit areas on Saturday and said the floods were “very serious.”
Twenty-six deaths also have been reported in Bihar due to drowning and home collapses in 10 districts bordering Nepal. The Bihar state government was running more than 350 relief camps providing food and other necessities to the flood victims. The federal government-run National Disaster Response Force was helping with relief efforts.
Vast tracts of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, home to the rare one-horned rhino, and another wildlife reserve were under water, the state government said in a statement. Forest officials found the remains of six rhinos drowned by floodwaters in Kaziranga, the statement said. Another rhino was killed in another national reserve in the state.
The Brahmaputra River and its tributaries were overflowing their banks in 18 of Assam’s districts, washing away roads and highways and toppling power pylons. Floodwaters entered homes in at least 14 districts, leading to house collapses.
Floods are an annual occurrence in Assam and many parts of India during the June-September monsoon season.

 

Source; Arab News

almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

monsoon brings india to its knees floods claim 52 lives monsoon brings india to its knees floods claim 52 lives

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

monsoon brings india to its knees floods claim 52 lives monsoon brings india to its knees floods claim 52 lives

 



Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Skincare PR Performance Full Year 2017

GMT 09:22 2018 Monday ,22 January

Skincare PR Performance Full Year 2017
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way

GMT 11:03 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Modern colorful bedroom renovation

GMT 10:57 2017 Thursday ,21 December

Modern colorful bedroom renovation
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president

GMT 13:56 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Turkey detains dozens more

GMT 10:47 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

Turkey detains dozens more

GMT 05:22 2015 Monday ,02 February

Djokovic, Serena live up to top billing

GMT 17:23 2015 Wednesday ,08 April

22 dead in rebel shelling on Yemen's Aden

GMT 13:32 2017 Sunday ,23 April

Strike hits makeshift Syria ‘cave’ hospital

GMT 12:49 2017 Friday ,27 October

Key events since Catalonia's independence vote

GMT 13:12 2011 Tuesday ,13 September

International cartoon festival to open in S China

GMT 13:08 2017 Saturday ,02 December

Russia breathe sigh of relief

GMT 15:29 2012 Thursday ,08 March

NBA: Cleveland 100, Denver 99

GMT 18:03 2016 Tuesday ,09 February

Police Academy will remain training African cadres

GMT 03:27 2013 Wednesday ,06 February

New Citroen DS3 Cabrio

GMT 13:13 2011 Friday ,16 December

Hyundai i-oniq Concept for Geneva 2012

GMT 14:56 2011 Thursday ,15 December

Buick Teases New Encore Crossover

GMT 16:54 2014 Wednesday ,16 July

Mali government 'ready to go far' in peace talks

GMT 09:14 2012 Sunday ,19 August

Sofia Vergara in figure hugging dress
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
 
 Almaghrib Today Facebook,almaghrib today facebook  Almaghrib Today Twitter,almaghrib today twitter Almaghrib Today Rss,almaghrib today rss  Almaghrib Today Youtube,almaghrib today youtube  Almaghrib Today Youtube,almaghrib today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

.almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday almaghribtoday almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
almaghribtoday, Almaghribtoday, Almaghribtoday