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Rains, floods and political jams in North India
Check out news websites which are full of political jams, heavy rains and floods in India. I do not think that traveling in himalayas is safe or anywhere in Punjab is safe..it is raining heavily since last 3-4 days and many rivers have crossed danger line. Delhi, Jammu are closed due to rains and Jams by political unrest.
Flood - West Bangal, Jharkhand, Orissa
There was no let-up in the flood situation in eastern India as West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand continued to bear the brunt of nature’s fury while normal life was thrown out of gear in Assam’s main city of Guwahati where most areas were submerged due to persistent rains.
The situation in West Bengal’s West and East Midnapore districts remained grim with the death toll mounting to 25 as nearly 22 lakh people were hit.
With rivers in the two districts receding with discharge from Subarnarekha and other reservoirs reduced, four Army teams were engaged in rescue operations in the worst-hit areas as IAF helicopters made sorties to air-drop food packets, water pouches and medicines.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who held a review meeting at Kolaghat in East Midnapore district, described the situation as “very bad”.
The West Bengal government was also making special arrangements to bring back over 5,000 tourists stranded in Puri following disruption in train services.
A woman was killed and three others were injured in a landslide triggered by heavy overnight rains in Guwahati even as worst-hit Lakhimpur district, where 22 persons had died, continued to reel under floodwaters.
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Millions battle floods in five states
Millions of people across five states were today battling to cope with crippling floods that submerged houses and fields and threw road and rail services out of gear in some areas.The picture everywhere was the same: People perched precariously on the rooftops of their huts, vast open fields under a sheet of water, roads and embankments being washed away by the swirling waters and trains stranded at railway stations. Army out in West Bengal While five persons have died, around 1.6 million people have been affected in West Bengal. Train services have been paralysed due to the ravaging waters.A defence spokesman said one team each from 3 Madras Regiment and 6 Engineers Regiment were being sent to assist the district administration in relief and rescue operations in the severely affected Sabong, Narayangarh and Pingla areas of West Midnapore district.Indian Air Force speedboats had been deployed to rescue marooned people in Belda, the spokesman said. 4 killed in Orissa In Orissa, flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the past four days have hit about half a million people in four northern districts, submerged thousands of acres, snapped electricity supply and disrupted road and train services. Four persons have lost their lives due to floods in the state. The situation was likely to worsen in the state with rains continuing in the region and in the upper catchments areas, an official said.All rivers in the state were in spate due to heavy rains caused by a depression in the Bay of Bengal and many of them were flowing above the danger level. Army on alert in Jharkhand In Jharkhand, torrential rains for the past three days have badly affected life in many parts of the state. Two persons have died in house collapses. The state government today asked the Army to remain on alert. Chief Minister Madhu Koda told reporters: “We have asked the Army to be on alert so that they can help whenever required.” Thousands homeless in Assam In Assam, thousands of people were still in relief camps even though the floodwaters were receding. The authorities also sounded a health alert to prevent an outbreak of any waterborne diseases. The Brahmaputra and its tributaries were still above the danger mark in some places although the trend was receding. The floods that began over the weekend left eight dead and displaced more than 4 lakh people in about 350 villages in the two districts of Lakhimpur and Sonitpur. Flood threat in UP In Uttar Pradesh, a flood alert was sounded today in over 30 districts, including Lakhimpur Kheri, Faizabad, Gonda and Bahraich, following incessant rains. Eighteen long-distance trains were cancelled, while several trains had been stranded at various stations due to water-logging of the tracks.SOURCE OF ARTICLE
Rajasthan- OPEN NOW
Rajasthan is OPEN now as train and road service will be starting today. Rajasthan Govt. and Gujjars had find a solution of their issue and now things are coming to normal with full speed.Tourist may travel to Rajasthan via Delhi without any problem now.
Rajasthan and Darjeeling on India alert
Rajasthan and Darejeeling had sounded India alert and should be avoided for traveling destinations. Army is at alert in Darjeeling and Rajasthan is already under cover of army.
37 killed in caste riots in Rajasthan
Trains and roads are closed from Delhi to Rajasthan. Caste based pollitics pushes this golden goose state in turmoil...
Authorities invited leaders of one of India's lowest castes for talks as the death toll rose to 37 Sunday from three days of bloody demonstrations over caste classification.
Police repeatedly opened fire on violent protests by the Gujjar community on Friday and Saturday in half a dozen villages and towns in western Rajasthan state.
The Gujjars are seeking to reclassify their caste to a lower level, which would allow them to qualify for government jobs and university places reserved for such groups. The government has refused.
The Hindu caste system — a hereditary social strata — was outlawed soon after India's independence from Britain in 1947, but its influence remains powerful and the government awards aid packages to different groups.
Police in Sikandra town fired at protesters who torched a police station and two buses Saturday and shot and wounded a policeman, said Amanjit Singh Gill, Rajasthan's director-general of police.
Protesters also burned down a police station in the nearby village of Chandra Guddaji, Gill said.
Fifteen demonstrators died Friday when police fired live ammunition and tear gas to halt rioting, said Singh. A police officer was also beaten to death.
At least 70 injured people were hospitalized in Jaipur, the state capital, and the town of Dosa.
Demonstrators blocked a major highway linking Jaipur to Agra — site of the world famous Taj Mahal monument — stranding thousands of people. Thousands of army, police and paramilitary forces patrolled villages to control the violence.
Gujjars took to the streets after a government panel set up to look into their demands recommended a $70 million aid package for their community, but ruled out caste reclassification.
Gujjars are considered part of the second-lowest group, known as Other Backward Classes, a step up from the Scheduled Tribes and Castes.
Twenty-six people died in Gujjar riots in the same area last year.
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Now UP and Delhi too.
Fire of caste based politics has spread to UP and DELHI also and riots are happening out there. It is not wise to travel on roads and by trains.
Now it is coool, safe to travel Rajasthan.
Govt. had agreed to provide them 5% of reservation and this has solved the month old killing and road-train blocking in Rajasthan.It is safe ot travel out of Delhi now. I am sure this will help to many who had booked tours and hotels in advance.