by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2022 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Dhaka/Guwahati: Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India’s Assam...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
The state has been reeling under devastating floods for the past one week with 127 revenue circles and 5,137 villages affected in 33 districts, according to a bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) With the flood situation in Assam remaining...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 21, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
A team of specialists from ISRO is already doing rapid damage assessment in Dima Hasao using drones and satellite data for post-disaster need assessment Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Friday as waters entered fresh areas affecting a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that at present 1413 villages are under water and Nagaon is the worst hit district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity. In Cachar nearly 1.2 lakh people ands in Hojai more than 1.07 lakh people were...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 18, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
One of the world’s largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, which flows into India and neighbouring Bangladesh from Tibet, burst its banks in Assam over the last three days, inundating more than 1,500 villages GUWAHATI: More than 500,000 people have fled their homes in...
