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Brahmaputra Dredging, Embankments' Repair Top Assam's Flood Fight List
With the floodwaters in Assam receding, the state government has decided to prioritise the mending of the breached embankments and fast-tracking land rehabilitation for those who have lost their lands to flood and erosion.
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Flood Water Breaching Embankments In Assam, Endangering Crops
The floods in Assam this year have been more harmful to farmers as water is breaching river embankments. Hundreds of acres of cultivable land in many districts have been flooded, severely hitting the livelihoods of cultivators.
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250 Bengaluru Homes Flooded After Lake Breach, Cars, Bikes Swept Away
A large number of houses were inundated in Hulimavu in Bengaluru as water from a lake flooded the area today after its embankment was damaged, officials said.
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4 Engineers Suspended For Jharkhand's Konar Canal Fiasco
Four engineers have been suspended for the breach in the embankment of the Konar Irrigation Project in Jharkhand, which collapsed within 24 hours of its inauguration, a report said today.
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Punjab: Army Choppers Airdrop Food Packets In Flood-Hit Areas Of Ludhiana
Helicopters of the Indian Army were pressed into service on Wednesday to airdrop food packets in flood-hit villages of Punjab's Jalandhar district as they remain inundated because of breaches in the earthen embankments of the Sutlej river.
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Odisha Evacuates 6,000 People As River Embankment Breaches
Odisha government evacuated about 6,000 people after an embankment of Brahmani river in Jajpur district breached, while rescue operation was also on in Dhenkanal and Kendrapara districts where fresh areas were inundated.
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40,000 Affected Due To Breach In Link Embankment In Bihar
Around 40,000 people of three dozen panchayats in Katihar district have been affected by a breach in Madheli link embankment due to heavy pressure of the swollen Ganga and Kosi rivers.
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Embankment Protection Committee To Be Set Up In Assam
A protection committee to avert breaches in any embankment in flood-hit Assam will be set up with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal issuing directions to Chief Secretary V K Pipersenia in this regard.
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Thousands Affected as Flood Situation Worsens in Bihar
The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Saturday with a river breaching its embankment in Darbhanga district and affecting thousands, officials said.
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Tidal Waves Breach Embankments, Inundate Crops in Kendrapara
Surging tidal waves have breached the feeble coastal embankments in seaside villages and inundated crop areas in Rajnagar tehsil of Odisha's Kendrapara district.
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West Bengal rains: Breach of embankment leads to fresh floods
A number of blocks under Panskura and Tamluk in East Midnapore district was flooded after a breach in the embankment of Kangasabati river, West Bengal Disaster Department sources said.
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Uttar Pradesh: Ghagra River breaches embankment
The Ghaghra River has breached its embankment along the Charasi village in Barabanki. The local administration says that the breach is 20 metres and fear that it could further widen over the next few days.
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Assam government sounds flood alert, 2.5 lakh people affected
Assam government today sounded an alert across the state after flood waters breached embankments and submerged roads and houses in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Sonitpur districts, affecting around 2.5 lakh people, officials said today.
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Bihar: Villages flooded as Gandak breaches embankment
The turbulent Gandak has breached a new bund erected near Simaria village in Barauli block of Bihar's Gopalganj district, leaving several villages inundated.Following a change of course in the river, a 10-metre stretch of the main embankment had breached at Simaria village on the night of September 15 following which a new ring bund was erected.The...
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Flood situation worsens in Bihar
More than four lakh people were reeling under the impact of floods in Bihar with Lakhandei river breaching its embankments at two places.
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Brahmaputra Dredging, Embankments' Repair Top Assam's Flood Fight List
With the floodwaters in Assam receding, the state government has decided to prioritise the mending of the breached embankments and fast-tracking land rehabilitation for those who have lost their lands to flood and erosion.
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Flood Water Breaching Embankments In Assam, Endangering Crops
The floods in Assam this year have been more harmful to farmers as water is breaching river embankments. Hundreds of acres of cultivable land in many districts have been flooded, severely hitting the livelihoods of cultivators.
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250 Bengaluru Homes Flooded After Lake Breach, Cars, Bikes Swept Away
A large number of houses were inundated in Hulimavu in Bengaluru as water from a lake flooded the area today after its embankment was damaged, officials said.
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4 Engineers Suspended For Jharkhand's Konar Canal Fiasco
Four engineers have been suspended for the breach in the embankment of the Konar Irrigation Project in Jharkhand, which collapsed within 24 hours of its inauguration, a report said today.
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Punjab: Army Choppers Airdrop Food Packets In Flood-Hit Areas Of Ludhiana
Helicopters of the Indian Army were pressed into service on Wednesday to airdrop food packets in flood-hit villages of Punjab's Jalandhar district as they remain inundated because of breaches in the earthen embankments of the Sutlej river.
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Odisha Evacuates 6,000 People As River Embankment Breaches
Odisha government evacuated about 6,000 people after an embankment of Brahmani river in Jajpur district breached, while rescue operation was also on in Dhenkanal and Kendrapara districts where fresh areas were inundated.
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40,000 Affected Due To Breach In Link Embankment In Bihar
Around 40,000 people of three dozen panchayats in Katihar district have been affected by a breach in Madheli link embankment due to heavy pressure of the swollen Ganga and Kosi rivers.
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Embankment Protection Committee To Be Set Up In Assam
A protection committee to avert breaches in any embankment in flood-hit Assam will be set up with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal issuing directions to Chief Secretary V K Pipersenia in this regard.
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Thousands Affected as Flood Situation Worsens in Bihar
The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Saturday with a river breaching its embankment in Darbhanga district and affecting thousands, officials said.
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Tidal Waves Breach Embankments, Inundate Crops in Kendrapara
Surging tidal waves have breached the feeble coastal embankments in seaside villages and inundated crop areas in Rajnagar tehsil of Odisha's Kendrapara district.
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West Bengal rains: Breach of embankment leads to fresh floods
A number of blocks under Panskura and Tamluk in East Midnapore district was flooded after a breach in the embankment of Kangasabati river, West Bengal Disaster Department sources said.
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Uttar Pradesh: Ghagra River breaches embankment
The Ghaghra River has breached its embankment along the Charasi village in Barabanki. The local administration says that the breach is 20 metres and fear that it could further widen over the next few days.
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Assam government sounds flood alert, 2.5 lakh people affected
Assam government today sounded an alert across the state after flood waters breached embankments and submerged roads and houses in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Sonitpur districts, affecting around 2.5 lakh people, officials said today.
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Bihar: Villages flooded as Gandak breaches embankment
The turbulent Gandak has breached a new bund erected near Simaria village in Barauli block of Bihar's Gopalganj district, leaving several villages inundated.Following a change of course in the river, a 10-metre stretch of the main embankment had breached at Simaria village on the night of September 15 following which a new ring bund was erected.The...
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Flood situation worsens in Bihar
More than four lakh people were reeling under the impact of floods in Bihar with Lakhandei river breaching its embankments at two places.
