QUICK UPDATES:- .. * Jammu and Kashmir Government today set up a relief cell where people can seek information about their near and dear ones stranded due to floods in Kashmir division. * Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad today lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “prompt action” and “quick response” in dealing with the massive flood crisis in Jammu and Kashmir. * A plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir Government for providing immediate reliefs including cash and medicines to flood victims in the State. * With assembly elections not far away in Jammu and Kashmir hit by flood, the Centre today announced the setting up of two bio-technology parks and a most modern weather forecasting system in Jammu and Kashmir. * More than 100 people from Kerala on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir have been stranded there due to floods, prompting Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to seek the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to evacuate them. * Government tonight said 90 towers of 3G telecom service have started functioning in Kashmir Valley while 10 VSAT systems are being air lifted to restore critical communication towers. * Diversified business conglomerate Mahindra Group today pledged Rs 2 crore to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for relief efforts in flood ravaged Jammu & Kashmir. * BJP national president Amit Shah today asked party workers to donate for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir. * Karnataka government will depute a special team to look into the safe return of people from the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah said today. * Indian Army organized Massive Air effort for the displaced person and flood victims in Jammu region. * Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today announced an assistance of Rs five crore to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, which was ravaged by floods and landslides. * Border Roads Organisation intensified its operation to clear the 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway which remained closed for the fifth consecutive day today due to landslides and sinking of road at various places. * With unprecedented floods devastating Jammu and Kashmir, aviation regulator DGCA today directed all airlines not to charge anything extra from passengers from Srinagar and Jammu if they rescheduled their bookings. * Army today rescued 1400 of its personnel and their families caught in flood waters in its headquarters at Badamibagh cantonment in Srinagar. * The government today said any decision with regard to holding Assembly polls in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir will be taken by the Election Commission (EC) as it is the ultimate authority in that regard. * Navy commandos today joined the massive rescue operations being carried out by the Army, Air Force and NDRF in flooded parts of Kashmir Valley, rescuing around 200 stranded people on the Srinagar-Sopore Highway. * Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced an aid of Rs five crore to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir. .. BhadarwahTimes
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:34:32 +0000
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