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India: Heavy rains continue in north India, Uttarakhand worst hit ... India: Heavy rains continue in north India, Uttarakhand worst hit ... India: Heavy rains continue in north India, Uttarakhand worst hit	As it happened: Over 1 lakh rescued, 1800 still stranded As it happened: Over 1 lakh rescued, 1800 still stranded As it happened: Over 1 lakh rescued, 1800 still stranded	Uttarakhand floods: Toll reaches 550, more rains yet to come ... Uttarakhand floods: Toll reaches 550, more rains yet to come ... Uttarakhand floods: Toll reaches 550, more rains yet to come	Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster ... Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster ... Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster
Even the Centre doesn't have a force to deal with the calamity ... Even the Centre doesn't have a force to deal with the calamity ... Even the Centre doesn't have a force to deal with the calamity	Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster ... Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster ... Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster	India Together: Uttarakhand tragedy: How we ignore writings on the ... India Together: Uttarakhand tragedy: How we ignore writings on the ... India Together: Uttarakhand tragedy: How we ignore writings on the	Uttarakhand floods: Bahuguna admits state was unprepared for ... Uttarakhand floods: Bahuguna admits state was unprepared for ... Uttarakhand floods: Bahuguna admits state was unprepared for
UTTARAKHAND FLOODS: NO SPECIFIC WARNINGS WERE ISSUED BY MET, SAYS STATE ... UTTARAKHAND FLOODS: NO SPECIFIC WARNINGS WERE ISSUED BY MET, SAYS STATE ... According to TV reports, the Uttarakhand government flatly denies ignoring MeT department's warning of floods. * According to news reports, the state MeT department had issued specific advisories asking the top authorities to move the pilgrims to ...	Uttarakhand live: Govt ignored met dept's disaster warnings Uttarakhand live: Govt ignored met dept's disaster warnings However, Uttarakhand chief secretary Subhas Kumar debunked the warning theories by saying that similar warnings are issued by the met department every year and they are never an indication of the intensity of the problem at hand. Rescue ... The weather ...	GROUND ZERO GROUND ZERO Why is it that whenever there is a major tragedy, as the one in Uttarakhand, our first impression is that the state and Central governments have bungled? That we have no faith in their ability to act speedily in a crisis situation? That everything that ...	You can't be selfish in extending help: Prithviraj Chavan You can't be selfish in extending help: Prithviraj Chavan On June 18, when the Uttarakhand government and the central agencies were also roped in to fight this disaster, I personally instructed and deputed a team under the guidance of Additional Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. We ...
Destructive development Destructive development It will take years to roll back the ecological, social, economic and psychological damage including over 1,000 deaths – wrought by the terrible floods in Uttarakhand, India's north Himalayan state. The deeper causes of this epic tragedy were man-made ...	CAG nails lack of disaster alert system CAG nails lack of disaster alert system NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand calamity has highlighted how advanced communication technology, though available with the government, was not deployed either for preparing for it or for quick response. There were no early warning systems, and once disaster ...	From the editor-in-chief From the editor-in-chief We are still counting the dead 10 days after unusually heavy pre-monsoon showers flooded the upper reaches of the mighty Ganga and Yamuna rivers destroying life and property in the scenic and serene Garhwal hills in Uttarakhand. So far ... The ...	Uttarakhand: Met forecast wasn't actionable, says Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna Uttarakhand: Met forecast wasn't actionable, says Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna New Delhi/Dehradun: As rescue and relief operations are on in full swing in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, questions are now being raised over whether a warning was issued and if this were ignored by the state government. The Met department says ... "It ...
Earthquake adds to scare in Uttarakhand Earthquake adds to scare in Uttarakhand Tremors measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale were reported from rain-ravaged Pithoragarh district of the State on Thursday. The quake was recorded at 11.50 am by the India Meteorological Department. Met officials said the depth of the quake was at 4 km.	Uttarakhand weather is expected to improve: Met Uttarakhand weather is expected to improve: Met Uttarakhand weather is expected to improve: Met Dehradun: The director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Center, Anand Sharma, said on Friday that people in the state would expect some relief from rains as the weather is likely to improve. "We are ...	Is it time for Vijay Bahuguna to go? Is it time for Vijay Bahuguna to go? "He has come here to seek Centre's assistance and after the needful has been done, he'll go back to his state," Singh said. Switzerland trip ... The inordinate delay in rescue operations has sullied the party's image in Uttarakhand and outside," said a ...	20 feared dead in IAF rescue chopper crash, bad weather looms over Uttarakhand 20 feared dead in IAF rescue chopper crash, bad weather looms over Uttarakhand All 20 rescuers, including IAF and paramilitary personnel, were feared dead after an air force helicopter crashed in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand on Tuesday as rain again hampered the bid to rescue thousands still stranded. Bad weather is suspected to ...
Disaster management projects in limbo as India counting the cost of ... Disaster management projects in limbo as India counting the cost of ... If effective warning systems which were planned 10 years ago had been put in place by now, the destruction in Uttarakhand could have been minimised. The Department of Space, which is ... NDMA vice-chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy has blamed the Met office ...	After ISRO, NDMA, Met Dept may be it's time we accuse the 'foreign hand' too ... After ISRO, NDMA, Met Dept may be it's time we accuse the 'foreign hand' too ... To its credit, the India Meteorological Department, colloquially known as the Met Department, warned the Uttarakhand government of the heavy rainfall forecast over the next 48 hours. The Met issued the warning well in advance too. ... Instead, the ...	Chopper crash, bad weather but IAF 'won't stop' helping flood victims in ... Chopper crash, bad weather but IAF 'won't stop' helping flood victims in ... Pilgrim Rahava Chary, second from left, who was stranded after flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, hugs his family members on his arrival in Hyderabad. ... This is the second helicopter accident in the state in a week. A private chopper ...	Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster, says ... Live: Regrettable that state govt was not prepared for disaster, says ... Dehradun: 7:12 pm: Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi slams state government for the lack of preparedness to deal with fatal floods. ... It's regrettable that the state government was not prepared for the disaster," Qureshi says. ... Met department ...

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9 hours ago ... The warning issued by the Uttarakhand meteorological department ... On June 15 - a full day before the catastrophic rains, floods and landslides devastated the state - the ... confirmed that specific warnings and alerts had been issued along ... He says that the word "very heavy rains" is not a routine warning ...

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... about to come. Yes it was the 'Himalayan Tsunami', a spell of deadly cloudburst, flood, glacier burst in Kedarnath, the sacred land of gods, or Dev Bhoomi as we call it, was totally devastated. ... They were stranded on hilltops in difficult terrain amid rain with no supply of food or water for days. ... On June 13, Met Department is said to have issued an advisory that rains were about to hit Uttarakhand while on June 15, specific warning of very heavy rainfall was issued.

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Jun 22, 2013 ... He added that the weather in the state remains. ... 7:15 pm: Met Director, Uttarakhand tells CNN-IBN that light to moderate rain is ... said Badrinath was totally safe and there were no damages or casualties in the area. ... had prior warnings about the cloud burst and said "the magnitude of the calamity is so ...

Even the Centre doesn't have a force to deal with the calamity ...

The CAG released a report on April 23, which is just two months ago, and that report says that the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management authority, though set up in October 2007, over six years ago, has never met not even once. And then the report says, it's got no .... Are you suggesting that although the meteorological office gave warnings 48 hours in advance of heavy rains, these were not specific and they were not clear enough? Should they have been more ...

Uttarakhand: Met forecast wasn't actionable, says Chief Minister ...

Jun 21, 2013 ... The Met department says that it had issued adequate warnings to the ... "It rains every year... there was no specific warning of a cloudburst, that too has to be area -specific," he ... lakh tourists who were already there and the local population whose ... vital for a hill state prone to cloudbursts and flash floods.

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Jun 22, 2013 ... He added that the weather in the state remains. ... 7:15 pm: Met Director, Uttarakhand tells CNN-IBN that light to ... 2:17 pm: The Chamoli District Magistrate said Badrinath was totally safe and there were no damages or casualties in the ... had prior warnings about the cloud burst and said "the magnitude of ...

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Daily News & AnalysisUttarakhand floods: No specific warnings were issued by MeT, says state ...Daily News & AnalysisAfter wounding hearts and land, the floods have left behind destroyed families, dilapidated cities and an ...

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6 days ago ... With no food, water or roads, they are forced to use a dangerously dark 1300 ... The seers were airlifted from Badrinath to Gauchar by ITBP personnel. ... Uttarakhand floods: Bahuguna says death toll may go up to 1,000 .... With the Met department predicting more rains in different parts of the state, rescue ...

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4 days ago ... They were stranded on hilltops in difficult terrain amid rain with no supply of food or water for days. ... But it is first and foremost a failure of the State to see advance warnings, take ... while on June 15, specific warning of very heavy rainfall was issued. .... Uttarakhand flood fury: A report from ground zero.

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1 day ago ... Uttarakhand: Proud that he lost his life for the country, says martyr's family ... The chopper and five jawans on board were from Barrackpore. ..... Narendra Modi's visit to the flood-ravaged hill state and alleged evacuation of 15,000 ..... Authority, says that the MET department warning was not specific enough.

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However, Uttarakhand chief secretary Subhas Kumar debunked the warning theories by saying that similar warnings are issued by the met department every year and they are never an indication of the intensity of the problem ... 5.30pm Death toll may cross 10,000, says Uttarakhand Speaker Almora: The number of people killed in cloudbursts and flash floods in Uttarakhand recently may cross 10,000 mark, state Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal said today.

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The first thing that strikes you when you analyse this disaster is that there was no specific and timely warning of impending disaster from the IMD or any other body (their claim to the contrary not withstanding). In fact we ... In fact it transpired that Kedarnath, one of the most affected area, has no raingauge, says Indian Express. ... In April 2013, a CAG report said that Uttarakhand state disaster management authority, which was formed in Oct 2007, has never met till date.

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Uttarakhand, flood warning in UP, Delhi ...

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Uttarakhand, flood warning in UP, Delhi. ... New Delhi, June 17 Heavy, continuous rains hit life in several north India states and wrought havoc in Uttarakhand where the death toll has reached 29 while thousands were stranded after landslides, officials said Monday. With more rains expected, the situation is likely to worsen in the hill state while flood warnings have been issued in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Heavy rains wreak havoc in ...

Uttarakhand: Met forecast wan't actionable, says Chief Minister Vijay ...

New Delhi/Dehradun: As rescue and relief operations are on in full swing in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, questions are now being raised over whether a warning was issued and if this were ignored by the state government. ... “It rains every year… there was no specific warning of a cloudburst, that too has to be area-specific,” he told NDTV, thus suggesting that the government possibly couldn't have evacuated residents or cancelled the famous 'Char Dham Yatra'.

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The CAG released a report on April 23, which is just two months ago, and that report says that the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management authority, though set up in October 2007, over six years ago, has never met not even once. And then the report says, it's got no .... Are you suggesting that although the meteorological office gave warnings 48 hours in advance of heavy rains, these were not specific and they were not clear enough? Should they have been more ...

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Jun 21, 2013 ... In April 2013, a CAG report said that Uttarakhand state disaster management authority, which was formed in Oct 2007, has never met till date. ... Another instance of GLOF in this Uttarakhand flood disaster could have .... but there is no regulation in place about this even after clear warning from state DMMC.