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• The Cabinet Secretary chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee this evening to review the relief and rescue measures in Uttarakhand. • Bad weather hampered the rescue efforts particularly those of air evacuation. However, rescue measures of evacuating stranded people on tracks and through roads continued. • The cremation procedure for bodies …
The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram asked the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to constitute a special team to settle claims of those affected by the recent natural calamity in Uttarakhand. He directed LIC to open a major camp office in Dehradun to settle the claims on centralized basis. He said that LIC should follow …
The meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee was held this evening under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the flood situation in Uttarakhand and measures taken for rescue and relief operations. The NCMC has been meeting daily. The meeting was attended by 10 Secretaries of the concerned Ministries and Departments as well as senior officers …
• Despite bad weather which partially affected the air evacuation operations, the Army, ITBP, NDRF and BRO continued to press ahead with the relief and rescue activities. Army: • The Army evacuated 1375 persons today of which 368 were from Harsil and rest from Badrinath. • Tracks have been created from Harsil to Uttar Kashi …
New Delhi: Jyaistha 27, 1935 Monday, June 17, 2013 Following incessant rains and flash floods in various regions of Uttarakhand, Army has been providing continuous humanitarian aid to thousands of pilgrims in the last 36 hours. Army assistance centres have been established at Harsil, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Joshimath, Govindghat, Hanuman Chetti and Dharchula in the last …
A total of Rs 553.00 crores was given to the States / UTs for mainstreaming of AYUSH under National Rural Health Mission during 2009-13. This resulted in the establishment of new AYUSH facilities in 803 Primary Health Centres, 113 Community Health Centres, 24 District Hospitals and up-gradation of 379 exclusive AYUSH hospitals and 415 Dispensaries …
1. In order to give a boost to industrial development in the densely populated states of Northern India, the Prime Minister has approved the commencement of preparatory work on creating an Amritsar – Delhi – Kolkata Industrial Corridor. 2. The Amritsar – Kolkata Industrial Corridor is patterned on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The DMIC …
Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I was launched in 1985 to improve the water quality of river Ganga. Later, GAP Phase-II was initiated in 1993. Various pollution abatement schemes including interception & diversion of sewage and setting up of sewage treatment plants were taken up under the Plan. This was stated by Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan Minister …