At least 25 people dead in central Venezuela landslide after days of torrential rain and floods

Flooding and days of torrential rain has led to landslide that swept through a town in central Venezuela near Caracas, the capital. It left at least 25 people dead with reports of more than 52 people are also missing. It happened after the banks of five small rivers burst after relentless rain. The cascading waters along with rainfall from surrounding mountains deposited large amounts of mud, rocks, debris and large trees through neighborhoods. Vice president Delcy Rodriguez of Venezuela said one of the worst hit areas was the community of Tejerias. This is located about 40 miles southwest of Caracas. These led to damages to businesses and farmland. The force of the moving water carried away the pumps normally used to power the community's drinking water system. At least 25 killed as landslide caused by floods tears through Venezuelan town. These deaths bring the total number of lives lost in recent weeks to at least 40. The reason is the heavy rains due to the La Nina weather pattern.

The priority for the administration now is to locate people still trapped under mud and rocks throughout the town. In the meantime. The military and rescue personnel are trying to locate survivors. The vice president speaking from a flooded street in Tejerias said - "We have lost boys, girls. What has happened in the town of Tejerias is a tragedy." The state television channel carried images of muddy streets filled with tangled tree branches and large rocks. It seems one of the flooded rivers, the El Pato, swept away several houses and shops.

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#swatchhbharat #policestations #RTI #toilets #drinkingwater Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be shocked to know that it has been revealed by an RTI activist that more than a dozen of police stations and police posts across the state of Jammu and Kashmir do not have any basic amenities like toilet and drinking water. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 15 February 2015.
The Information has been made available by the Public Information Officer cum AIG Welfare of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Headquarters and it was in response to the application under RTI act and the information is that 48 police posts and 14 police stations in the state do not have any toilet facility.
Moreover, 49 Posts and 23 Police Stations do not have any drinking water facility.
The pet project of Prime Minister Modi is a Swachh Bharat or a Clean India and instructions have been issued to ensure that open toilets are gradually removed and replaced with regular toilet facilities. Awareness is being spread via TV ads and corporate houses are being roped in to take up the cause of schools – especially those meant for girls. This is important because there are reports that girls drop out of schools because there are no proper toilet facilities.
However, the pathetic state of J & K with its police stations minus toilets and drinking water facilities is something that must be addressed on immediate priority.