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There was no warning of the heavy rain or the floods. The people, the state and the armed forces in the area, were caught unaware by the 2014 floods.None of the Federal or the State Government agencies responsible for monitoring natural disasters and providing early warning, such as [a] Floods -Central Water Commission [b] Landslide hazard – Geological Survey of India (GSI) [c] Avalanche ...
The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as the Pakistani territories of Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and the province of Punjab were affected by these floods. [5] By 24 September 2014, nearly 277 people in India [6] and about 280 people in Pakistan had died due to the floods.
The state of emergency is commonly known as 'President's Rule' and is usually not referred to as 'State Emergency' for a number of reasons. If the President is satisfied, based on the report of the Governor of the concerned state or from other sources, that the governance in a state cannot be carried out according to the provisions in the ...
A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...
The Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990 was enacted in September, 1990. [5] [19] If the governor of Jammu and Kashmir or the Central Government, is of opinion that the whole or any part of the union territory is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition then this act can be imposed.
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced at 3:34 p.m. that northbound Interstate 55/70 was closed in East St. Louis due to flooding. The state transportation agency said in a 4:51 p.m ...
The 2019–2021 Jammu and Kashmir lockdown was a lockdown and communications blackout that had been imposed throughout the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of Article 370 (August 2019) which lasted until February 2021, with the goal of preemptively curbing unrest, violence and protests. Thousands of civilians ...
Thirteen Illinois counties have been approved for emergency federal assistance in response to Friday evening's line of storms and tornados. 13 Illinois counties approved for emergency federal ...