Overview

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah led a high-level meeting on June 10 to assess and strengthen India’s flood management ahead of the current monsoon season.
• Shah urged Central Water Commission and India Meteorological Department to boost forecast accuracy and directed greater use of space technology for flood control and water monitoring.
• He instructed the National Disaster Management Authority to coordinate with state and district disaster bodies to ensure timely grassroots dissemination of early warning alerts.
• Assam authorities report 26 deaths from floods and landslides this year with more than 260,000 people across 11 districts still affected by rising waters.
• Sikkim declared Mangan district a disaster zone after heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods, prompting large-scale evacuations of over 1,600 tourists from Himalayan valleys and rescue of medical staff from a flooded campus in Manipur.