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Sanitation worker who fell into canal in Kerala found dead after 46 hours of search

July 16, 2024 2:22 am

N Joy, 47, fell into the Amayizhanjan canal on Saturday and the rescue mission involving an NDRF team, scuba divers and robots failed to trace him for nearly two days.

Villages in Punjab's Ropar district flooded; rescue operations underway

August 16, 2023 11:13 am

The officials also said that an alert was sounded in the low-lying areas and many people were evacuated safely.

Pune-headquartered 5th Battalion of NDRF pre-positions teams in Maharashtra to tackle monsoon challenges

July 16, 2023 2:36 pm

Pre-positioning of teams began Saturday with one team each being placed in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur and Sangli districts which are highly vulnerable to disasters during monsoons.

People moved to safety, rescue teams have new mission — saving animals

July 15, 2023 5:59 pm

On Friday, The Indian Express accompanied a five-member team on one such operation to rescue at least a dozen cows stranded in a gaushala nearby.

Delhi flood: Water enters ITO, Supreme Court; CM Kejriwal seeks NDRF help

July 14, 2023 12:22 pm

Kejriwal is currently inspecting the on-ground situation and is expected to visit ITO barrage; the traffic police advised the public to avoid the ITO stretch.

Deep depression in Bay of Bengal: Met dept

May 12, 2023 4:23 am

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams arrive in West Bengal's Digha as cyclone Mocha set to intensify into severe storm.

Engineering student drowns in Pune’s Jadhavwadi dam, two others rescued by NDRF

April 26, 2023 10:46 am

A group of friends from a local college had visited the backwaters of the dam on Tuesday evening when the incident took place.

Mahad landslide: 31 bodies stay buried, search op called off at the residents’ request

July 27, 2021 5:46 am

The operation was stopped at the request of village residents, who preferred for the bodies to remain buried rather than pulled out in a mutilated or decomposed condition.

Cyclone relief: Gujarat government seeks Rs 9,836 crore central aid

June 09, 2021 12:30 am

Seeking central aid, the government pointed out that the cyclone that struck the state on May 17 was the “biggest one in the past 50 years”.

Teams deployed, resources mobilised: Navy, NDRF gear up for Cyclone Nisarga

June 02, 2020 11:01 pm

Till Tuesday, 15 teams of the NDRF were deployed in coastal areas of Maharashtra including Mumbai, and 17 more were deployed in Gujarat. Five more teams are being airlifted from Visakhapatnam for deployment in Maharashtra.

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Multi-storey building collapses in West Delhi’s Vishnu Garden; many feared trapped

July 19, 2015 10:08 am

Two people were killed, while eight others, including some children, injured when a five-storey building collapsed in West Delhi’s Vishnu Garden area on Saturday evening.

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