which have occurred with increasing frequency in the country since the 1990s. and a new report from the state bank of india points to a lack of disaster insurance as a key challenge. from mumbai, nikhil inamdar with this report. between one point to $128 billion is the estimated cost ofjust billion is the estimated cost of just the billion is the estimated cost ofjust the recent billion is the estimated cost of just the recent floods billion is the estimated cost ofjust the recent floods in northern india. these figures don t even take into consideration the losses from gujarat cyclone or the flooding that s affected hundreds of thousands of people. the intensity and frequency of natural calamities, especially cyclones and floods, have increased substantially in india in recent years. the country ranks third after the us and china and recording natural disasters since 1990. and it has suffered in staggering $150 billion in losses due to floods and storms. but here s a major
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The minister said the power distributor company Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited and the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation have sustained losses worth Rs 783 crore.
Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide. By SHYAM G MENON According to the Web site of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), ‘Over the past 50 years, 1,942 disasters have been attributed to tropical cyclones, which killed 779 324 people and caused US$1,407.6 billion in economic losses
On Friday, CM Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting at State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar to take stock of the situation and damages caused by the cyclone.