A total of 3 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and those from the Army, state police and local administration are working at the Tupul yard railway construction camp which was hit by a massive landslide.
Prime Minister Modi lauded efforts of all personnel from different agencies who put their own life at risk and rescued people trapped in Jharkhand ropeway accident.
One Mi17 helicopter is being used in the rescue operation while IAF is sending more Mi17s to join rescue efforts in the Jharkhand ropeway mishap. As per eyewitnesses, 50 people were stuck in at least 12 cabins in the ropeway out of whom 18 people from 3 trollies have been rescued so far.
The depression in Bay of Bengal and South Andaman sea is also predicted to cause rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning.
Significant rainfall and thundershowers were received at a few places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the low pressure area continued to persist near it even as the system moved northwards and was set to form Cyclone Asani on March 21.
The relief material was sent in two consignments - through a flight that left for Poland this morning and another on an Indian Air Force aircraft that left for Romania on Wednesday afternoon.
The Twitter handle of the multi-disciplinary force NDRF, @NDRFHQ, was hacked on Saturday. The incident comes a few days after the NDRF celebrated its 17th Raising Day on January 19.
The Prime Minister said that NDRF's courage and professionalism are extremely motivating.
As depression over southeast Bay of Bengal likely to intensify as Cyclonic Storm, 'Jawad' and moving North Westerly direction and is likely to cross the coasts of north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha today.
On Saturday, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is forecast at isolated places in north coastal Andhra, according to a Met bulletin.
A team of NDRF personnel will arrive in Bokaro to carry out search and rescue operations at the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) mine in Chandankiyari block of the district, the officer said.
As per the State's Information and Public Relations Department, more bodies have been recovered from the site of landslide at Koottikkal, Kottayam district, death toll rises to 15. Idduki and Kottayam districts in Central and South Kerala bore the brunt of the heavy rains that have been lashing the state since Friday with many people feared missing in landslides. Several people have been injured and displaced in rain-related incidents.
"All 7-teams deployed at locations are active on the ground to rescue people from flood-like situation after heavy downpour", the officials said.
The death toll rose to 25 in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district landslide incident.
Talking about the flood situation in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that NDRF, SDRF, Army and BSF have rescued around 5,950 people from 240 villages till now and efforts are underway to rescue 1,950 more people.
Speaking over flood situation in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on August 03 said, "Due to heavy rain and floods, around 1,171 villages in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Gwalior, Bhind and Rewa areas have been affected. 800 mm of downpour received in 2 days. Rescue operations by Air Force will commence once weather gets better."
As the rescue operation in the state continues at a rapid pace, a total of 34 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in Maharashtra.
Floods ravaged parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. Over 140 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in rescue and relief operations. In Kolhapur, the NDRF team also rescued a dog from the rooftop of a hotel in the Shiroli area.
Several houses in Maharashtra's Sangli have submerged as flood-like situation prevails in the district.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations. The teams are being deployed in affected areas of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Satara, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune and Nagpur for rescue and relief work.
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