Specify timeline to pay damages for razed houses: HC to Assam
Monday, 6 May 2024 Gauhati high court has directed Assam govt to specify in a week the "time by which compensation will be paid" to the six families whose houses were demolished in Nagaon district in 2022. The houses were demolished a day after a mob set Batadrava police station ablaze in protest against the custodial death of a fish vendor, Safiqul Islam, on May 21, 2022.
A breach in the Munak Canal caused flooding in Bawana, north-west Delhi. Water Minister Atishi confirmed diversion efforts. Residents waded in knee-deep muddy.. IndiaTimes
As many as 159 wild animals, including nine rhinos, have died so far at Kaziranga National Park due to floods in Assam, according to the park authority on Wednesday. The Field Director of Kaziranga National Park, Sonali Ghosh, said that so far, 159 wild animals have died in Kaziranga National Park due to flooding.
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