At least 41 people died and more than a dozen were missing after landslides and flash floods triggered by several days of heavy rain hit northern India, officials said Tuesday. Officials in Uttarakhand said 35 people were killed in fresh landslides on Tuesday after six died in similar incidents a day earlier.
At least 41 people died and more than a dozen were missing after landslides and flash floods triggered by several days of heavy rain hit northern India, officials said Tuesday. Officials in Uttarakhand said 35 people were killed in fresh landslides on Tuesday after six died in similar incidents a day earlier.
“It is the duty of the State to protect the rights of the deceased, which also includes the right to decent burial/cremation,” said the plea, filed through advocate Manju Jetley.
Coronavirus a Living Organism, Has a Right to Live : Former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat
Rawat was trolled on social media for his unusual observation on coronavirus as it went viral at a time when the entire country is battling a strong second wave of COVID-19.
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat addresses a press conference after tendering his resignation formally to Governor Baby Rani Maurya, in Dehradun, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Dehradun: Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday said that coronavirus is a living organism which has a right to live.
“Seen from a philosophical angle, coronavirus is also a living organism. It has the right to live like the rest of us. But we (humans) think ourselves to be the most intelligent and are out to eliminate it. So it is constantly mutating itself,” he told a private news channel here.