Posted on Aug 21, 2022
Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
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At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday. The rains inundated hundreds of villages, swept away mud houses, flooded roads and destroyed bridges in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.
Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
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Not just happening here, also they don't have the response capabilities we do to help those affected.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
There is the NDRF and SDRF, Army among other national, and state authorities present in India to manage, rescue and restore disasters that may occur across the Country. Himachal Pradesh is part of India.
It is not an issue with national or state disaster response authorities; rather, the issue is in the politics played during disasters that makes rescue, recovery and restoration profit making opportunities from even the poorest of people in the state. If corruption was tamed in such situations, such news would never hit headlines.
MSgt Dale Johnson Lt Col Charlie Brown
It is not an issue with national or state disaster response authorities; rather, the issue is in the politics played during disasters that makes rescue, recovery and restoration profit making opportunities from even the poorest of people in the state. If corruption was tamed in such situations, such news would never hit headlines.
MSgt Dale Johnson Lt Col Charlie Brown
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MSgt Dale Johnson
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana - That's a shame helping the poor, especially during a disaster, should be the focus
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
MSgt Dale Johnson, you are absolutely correct; however, politics and corruption are still rife in these lands.
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Yes Ma'am, the state of Himachal Pradesh is home to sources of the Satluj River (longest river among the six sisters); Chenab River basin is the largest of all six major rivers originating in India; Beas River has the best waters for kayaking and white water rafting and; the Ravi River among other lesser water flows, to include the Spiti River. There are a lot of landslides in Himachal Pradesh due to torrential rains that batter the state in monsoons and cloud bursts. This water causes rivers to overflow and in turn cause flooding in the plains, to include the gangatic flood plains.
In more recent times, an additional cause for down river flooding and destruction has been the glacial bursts due to global warming and the El Nino/El Nina effect.
Lt Col Charlie Brown
In more recent times, an additional cause for down river flooding and destruction has been the glacial bursts due to global warming and the El Nino/El Nina effect.
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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