On 6 February, 2023 Southern Turkey and the adjoining areas in Syria were hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by several aftershocks. The tremors have flattened buildings and destroyed roads and other infrastructure. At least 35,000 casualties (UPDATE) have occurred across Turkey and Syria, with the vast majority being in the former nation. A news report cited the Turkish environment minister saying that 24,921 buildings across the region had collapsed. What...
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DDA Evicts Hundreds of Slumdwellers for Recreational Park -Neelam Gaur
-Newsclick.in Hundreds of residents of Gyaspur Basti are staying under tarpaulin tents after their houses were demolished. New Delhi: Sitting under a tarpaulin tent at Gyaspur Basti, in Sarai Kale Khan, a visibly worried and disturbed Deepu (16) is continuously trying to call a number. A few yards away under a tree, her equally distressed father, mother and brother are discussing something urgent. The family has been staying under the tent since...
More »Deep nexus: Haryana mining dept's pleas for deputing cops go in vain -Bhartesh Singh Thakur
-The Tribune Of sanctioned strength of 78, only 18 personnel have joined on deputation to carry out anti-mining raids Chandigarh: A total of 78 police personnel were sanctioned to join the Mines and Geology Department on deputation in 2021 for carrying out raids to stop illegal mining, but just 18 joined. Despite the department requesting the Haryana Police thrice to send the remaining 60 personnel, none has joined, not even after DSP...
More »Illegal mining on Pathrala riverbed threat to ecology -Shiv Kumar Sharma
-The Tribune SDO fears damage to bundhs & stone studs may flood residential areas, agri land Yamunanagar: Despite efforts of the district authorities to stop illegal mining, the activity is going on unabated in the Pathrala rivulet in Jaitpur and Nagli villages, close to bundhs and stone studs built by the Irrigation Department to protect residential areas and agricultural land. On the complaint of Vinod Kumar, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Water Services Division,...
More »The Working Children of Yamuna Bank -Ammar Mohammad Ali
-TheCitizen.in Life on the edge As we curl up in blankets and sip hot tea, Delhi’s winter and smoggy skies are host to different realities. Every morning these children on the Yamuna Bank, adjacent to the DND flyway, wake to scrape for trash. Spending almost the entire day in the process, they have little time for games. Tired and soiled when they return home, they have to play in the dirt and dust...
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