Uttarakhand Relief Operations

Incessant rains impede relief operations in Uttarakhand

Bad weather today stalled debris clearance operations by a 61-member team at Kedarnath and construction of a pedestrian route from Rambada to the Himalayan shrine even as attempts were on to transport relief to calamity-hit areas in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi. However, the team despatched to Kedarnath has been able to build a temporary bridge over a canal between the helipad and the shrine.

Uttarakhand: Incessant rains impede relief work

Incessant rains in parts of Uttarakhand continued to hamper relief efforts today prompting authorities to commission the IAF's C-130 Hercules aircraft to drop relief material to Kedarnath and other affected places.

Need more doctors for flood victims: Uttarakhand tells Centre

The Uttarakhand government has urged the union health ministry to send more doctors to the flood-ravaged state.

CRPF donates Rs 18 crore to Uttarakhand

CRPF today handed over a cheque of more than Rs 18 crore to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for relief of Uttarakhand flash flood victims.

Labs which will help deal with natural disasters get Cabinet nod

The union cabinet on Thursday approved a three-tier network of laboratories across the country for managing epidemics and natural calamities, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.

Uttarakhand: Sonia, Rahul's relief trucks run out of fuel, get stranded

The Congress took another hit in the face of the Uttarakhand tragedy. The relief trucks that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi flagged off have run out of fuel and have reportedly got stranded in Haridwar.

Uttarakhand floods: BSF to donate Rs 16 crore

The Border Security Force (BSF) will donate Rs.16 crore for disaster relief in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. “We are donating one day's salary of all personnel," a BSF statement said.