Abdulla Shahid prays for successful rescue efforts amid landslides in western India ANI | Updated: Jul 25, 2021 09:36 IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Sunday prayed for successful rescue efforts amid landslides in western India caused by heavy monsoon rains. Our thoughts and prayers go to the Government and people of India, over the devastation being caused by heavy monsoon rain & landslides in western India. Sending our condolences to those affected and families who lost loved ones. Praying for successful rescue efforts, tweeted Shahid.
He also tagged his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in his tweet.
File photo of rescue operations in Maharashtra
Maharashtra floods: 34 NDRF teams engaged in rescue ops; BMC sends two teams to Raigad, Kolhapur ANI | Updated: Jul 25, 2021 08:55 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): As heavy rains lashed many parts of Maharashtra and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for five districts, two teams of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have left for Raigad and Kolhapur.
Meanwhile, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed 8 more teams in Maharashtra in the flood-affected areas. Now a total of 34 teams have been deployed for rescue and relief work at various places.
Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika, which is continuously providing various civic services to the citizens of the Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika area, is also working promptly outside its area in case of emergency.
Abdulla Shahid prays for successful Indian rescue efforts
ANI
25 Jul 2021, 14:27 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Sunday prayed for successful rescue efforts amid landslides in western India caused by heavy monsoon rains. Our thoughts and prayers go to the Government and people of India, over the devastation being caused by heavy monsoon rainlandslides in western India. Sending our condolences to those affected and families who lost loved ones. Praying for successful rescue efforts, tweeted Shahid.
He also tagged his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in his tweet.
World Environment Day 2018: A step towards plastic free future
World Environment Day 2018: A step towards plastic free future
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 05 Jun 2018, 10:47:08 AM
New Delhi:
World Environment day – a special date to encourage awareness and igniting the desire to protect the environment. The 2018 edition of the World Environment day, one of the most important dates for United Nations (UN) and for the whole world perhaps, will be hosted by India.
World Environment Day 2018 Theme
Every year since its conception in 1974, World Environment Day has had a noteworthy theme to make a change to the environmental situation in our planet. The theme for 2018 is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’.
As heavy rains lashed many parts of Maharashtra and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for five districts, two teams of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have left for Raigad and Kolhapur. Meanwhile, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed 8 more teams in Maharashtra in the flood-affected areas. Now a total of 34 teams have been deployed for rescue and relief work at various places. Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika, which is continuously providing various civic services to the citizens of the Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika area, is also working promptly outside its area in case of emergency.The two teams left for Raigad and Kolhapur on Saturday.