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Major tragedy averted as SDRF rescues over 50 stranded devotees at Reetha Sahib Gurudwara fair

Major tragedy averted as SDRF rescues over 50 stranded devotees at Reetha Sahib Gurudwara fair

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More than 50 devotees had a narrow escape on Sunday as they headed to Gurudwara Shri Reetha Sahib during the ongoing ‘Jod Mela’ in Uttarakhand; however, the vigilant disaster teams averted the tragedy by swiftly mounting a timely operation to rescue all of them.  The incident occurred at the historic Shri Reetha Sahib Gurudwara in Champawat district, where Sikh devotees had arrived in droves to participate in the three-day annual fair, held to commemorate Guru Nanak Dev’s historic visit. The fair, on average, draws 2 lakh devotees every year. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cyclone Ditwah Nears Coast As Heavy Rain Batters Tamil Nadu; Flight Operations Hit In Chennai | India News

Cyclone Ditwah Nears Coast As Heavy Rain Batters Tamil Nadu; Flight Operations Hit In Chennai | India News

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Last Updated:November 30, 2025, 11:30 IST Cyclone Ditwah Updates: The Chennai airport cancelled 54 flights on Saturday and has announced 47 cancellations for Sunday including 36 domestic and 11 international. Ramanathapuram: Strong winds bend palm trees and waves crash against a seawall during rough sea conditions triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (PTI Photo) Cyclone Ditwah continued to advance towards the Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts on Saturday, prompting a red alert and extensive preparations across the region. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system moved nearly northwards at around 5 kmph over the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Sri Lanka-Tamil Nadu coastline, maintaining its intensity as it inched closer to the mainland. As of 11:30 pm on 29 November, the cyclonic storm was centred near latitude 10.7°N and longitude 80.6°E. It lay roughly 90 km east-northeast of Vedaranyam, 90 km east-southeast of Karaikal, 130 km north-northeast of Jaffna, 160 km south-southeast of Puducherry and about 260 km south of Chennai. IMD …

Three SDRF teams positioned in Nagapattinam district, two deputed to Cuddalore district

Three SDRF teams positioned in Nagapattinam district, two deputed to Cuddalore district

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Three teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been positioned in Nagapattinam district, as part of the precautionary measures for the northeast monsoon. Two SDRF teams have been deputed to Cuddalore district, the Tamil Nadu government said on Tuesday. Commissioner of Revenue Administration M. Sai Kumar chaired a meeting at Ezhilagam complex here to review the steps undertaken in Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Pudukkottai districts, where heavy rain had been predicted. Published – November 25, 2025 10:28 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

1 dead, 15 feared trapped after stone mine collapses in UP’s Sonbhadra

1 dead, 15 feared trapped after stone mine collapses in UP’s Sonbhadra

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Updated on: Nov 16, 2025 07:56 am IST The body of the person who died has been recovered. Relief teams including state and national disaster relief force are at the spot. A stone mine collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra on Saturday leading to at least one death, reported news agency ANI. Around 15 people are feared trapped after the mine collapse and rescue operations are underway. The stone mine collapsed on Saturday in UP’s Sonbhadra. (Screengrab/X/@ANI) The body of the person who died has been recovered. Relief teams including state and national disaster relief force are at the spot. The collapse happened in the Billi Markundi mining area under the Obra police station limits in Sonbhadra on Saturday. Relief operations underway Apart from NDRF and SDRF, rescue teams from two private companies and the Obra Thermal Power Project also carried out rescue operations on Saturday, said District magistrate Badrinath Singh who reached the spot after the collapse, reported Hindustan Times earlier. He added that additional equipment and machinery was also being brought in to help …

SDRF personnel conduct mock drill at Dal Lake following MHA directive

SDRF personnel conduct mock drill at Dal Lake following MHA directive

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As part of the Ministry of Home Affairs` initiative for nationwide civil defence preparedness, personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) conducted a mock drill at Dal Lake, Srinagar, focusing on a boat capsize scenario on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI. Speaking to ANI, an SDRF personnel, Arif Hussain, said, “Yesterday we received an order to do a mock drill regarding boat capsize… We will demonstrate how to use our equipment. We are here following that (MHA) order.” Another SDRF personnel said, “We are here to do a mock drill, especially for conditions like boat capsize…It is also per that initiative (MHA order to conduct mock drills).” Earlier today, several high-ranking officials, including DG Civil Defence and DG NDRF, arrived at the Ministry of Home Affairs for the meeting called by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan regarding the conduct of mock drills for effective Civil Defence across the nation on May 7. Several states have been asked to conduct mock drills on May 7 to enhance civil defence preparedness, government sources …

Maharashtra launches emergency operation centre for effective use of tech during disasters | Mumbai News

Maharashtra launches emergency operation centre for effective use of tech during disasters | Mumbai News

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday inaugurated the state-of-the-art State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) which aims to use new technology effectively for disaster management. “Due to climate change, the nature, intensity and frequency of disasters are changing. Therefore, it is necessary to emphasise on ‘mitigation’ and immediate response after incidents. It is important to have a strong ‘command and communication system’ for disaster management, and this center will be useful for taking decisions quickly and providing quick response,” said Fadnavis. The new SEOC includes bezel-free video wall, high capacity audio visual conferencing, data servers, high-speed computers, satellite phone, ham radios, LED video walls  and wireless sets, which can be used for timely response and coordination among all the systems during a disaster. Story continues below this ad Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (Geo-DSS) is also implementing a “change detection” process based on AI and machine learning. This process is based on satellite imagery and will make it easier to understand the situation at the disaster site in near real time, assess the damage and …

Telangana tunnel collapse | Rescue work continues to trace remaining seven persons trapped under debris

Telangana tunnel collapse | Rescue work continues to trace remaining seven persons trapped under debris

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Rescue personnel engaged in debris removal, cutting of tunnel boring machine parts in SLBC tunnel near Domalapenta in Nagarkurnool district on Saturday (March 15, 2025). | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The agencies involved in the rescue operation to trace the remaining seven persons trapped under the debris in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool – which collapsed at the bed-rock end, about 14 km inside from the mouth – have divided the area from loco-end point till last 50 meters into three stretches for better output. This, according to the officials heading the rescue operation, was done to speed up the work as the operation entered 22nd day on Saturday. A portion of the tunnel collapsed on February 22. From the loco-end point at 13.5 km length, the tunnel was excavated for about 200 meters till the work came to halt on February 22. Clearing slush, metal and clearing the site of other debris for about 50-70 meters from the loco-end point till the tail-end of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) would …

Army, NDRF, SDRF teams begin work to rescue miners from flooded Assam coal mine | Latest News India

Army, NDRF, SDRF teams begin work to rescue miners from flooded Assam coal mine | Latest News India

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Jan 07, 2025 09:50 AM IST District disaster management officer Riki B Phukan said that there has been no communication yet with the trapped miners and they do not know what their conditions were Rescue teams from the Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have arrived at the flooded coal mine at Tin Kilo in Assam’s Dima Hasao district where at least nine workers have been feared trapped since Monday morning. Officials said that divers from the Navy were on standby. The Army said relief columns were rushed in from places such as Diphu in Assam and Dimapur in Nagaland. (Sourced) Dima Hasao district deputy commissioner Simanta Kumar Das said that efforts to reach the trapped workers and rescue them began on Tuesday morning. He added an NDRF team with divers has gone into the mine estimated to be around 300 metres deep. “Suction machines have been deployed to try and take out the excess water.” District disaster management officer Riki B Phukan said there has been no communication …

Joint operation by NDRF, SDRF continues on day 4 to rescue three-year-old girl from borewell – India TV

Joint operation by NDRF, SDRF continues on day 4 to rescue three-year-old girl from borewell – India TV

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Image Source : PTI Officials of NDRF and SDRF at the site in Rajasthan’s Kotputli The rescue operation to pull out a three-year-old girl who fell into a 150-foot deep borewell in Sarund area of Rajasthan’s Kotputli district three days ago. The girl, Chetna, slipped into the borewell while playing in the agriculture farm at Kitarpura in Sarund at around 3 pm on Monday. “Teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been trying to rescue the girl safely for more than 50 hours,” Sarund police station SHO Mohammad Imran said on Wednesday. He said that the work of making a tunnel parallel to the borewell started through a piling machine. “Our focus is on the rescue operation and we want to get the girl out… SDRF and NDRF teams were called immediately (on Monday) and as per their guidance, the rescue operation is underway. We are trying to get the girl out as soon as possible,” said Collector Kalpana Agarwal. The girl’s actions were captured on camera and a …

Tamil Nadu Rain: Schools Closed In Chennai As Cyclonic Storm Brews; SDRF, NDRF Deployed

Tamil Nadu Rain: Schools Closed In Chennai As Cyclonic Storm Brews; SDRF, NDRF Deployed

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Last Updated:November 27, 2024, 00:02 IST Rains lashed several parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, and the India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall for three more days in the state, starting November 27, when the deep depression is likely to become a cyclonic storm. Vehicles move through a flooded street amid rains, in Chennai (PTI) Rains lashed several parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, and the India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall for three more days in the state, starting November 27, when the deep depression is likely to become a cyclonic storm. Chief Minister M K Stalin chaired a high-level meeting here at the Secretariat to review the precautionary measures and rushed NDRF and State teams to Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagappatinam and Cuddalore districts. Chennai and nearby districts of Chengelpet, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur, the northern coastal city of Cuddalore and Cauvery delta areas, including Nagapattinam were among the places that received rainfall, which was mild to moderate in many areas and heavy in a few places. In wake of the situation, the district …