Tag: Natural disaster

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700 West Bengal Families Have Lost Home, Farmland to Soil Erosion

 
/ October 27, 2020

A river barrage project over Ganga in West Bengal has slowly destroyed the lives of those living in low-lying areas of the project.

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Cyclone Fani Leave Residents of Odisha’s Mangalpur and Sainto Without Food, Water and Shelter

 
/ May 15, 2019

State Government carried off a mammoth task of evacuation before Cyclone Fani struck Odisha, but the condition of the interior areas is far worse than predicted. 

Bihar Government is yet to pay compensation to Fire-affected households

 
/ August 30, 2016

A fire broke out at midnight in a hamlet in West Champaran district of Bihar unknown to its resident, burning three houses down to the ground, leaving its poor residents homeless and without any belongings. “We’ve lost everything in the fire; Rs. 10,000 worth cash and jewellery, 50 kgs of wheat, 1.5 quintals...