Rescue Operations  

Prachi is only 18 years old and is involved in snake rescue operations. She educates people about snake protection in Lucknow Zoo.

Death toll in Bihar floods touches 42 and intense rescue operations are underway. Supervising rescue and rehabilitation work in Patna on late Tuesday night, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged people to "have patience".

19 teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in Bihar due to floods following torrential rains. NDRF teams are carrying out rescue and evacuation operations along with other agencies in the flood-affected areas. The death toll in Bihar has risen to 29 owing to rain related incidents in the state. The state government has requested the Indian Air Force for two helicopters to aid in rescue operations. 

A portion of a four-storied building at Lokmanya Tilak Road collapse, rescue vehicles on the spot

Rain related incidents in the northern states of India have left 38 people dead. Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters carried dramatic rescue operations in Jammu and Karnal districts on Monday (August 19), and the administration was on alert in parts of Haryana and Punjab
 

The death toll in Karnataka caused due to the floods has reached 58, with the recovery of four more bodies. Rescue operations continue as and as many as 1,160 relief camps are operational. 

With the festival of Raksha Bandhan fast approaching, celebrations broke out across India. Army personnel who were part of the rescue operations in flood-hit regions received rakhis from those they rescued. 

The Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper rescued about 125 people from a narrow road in Gujarat’s Kutch district. The IAF helicopters were also used to rescue flood-affected people from Navsari in south Gujarat and Jamnagar in last few days, a defence official said
 

An overflowing Tungabhadra wreaked havoc in Karnataka’s Belagavi. Rescue operations continued on to Day 5. An NDRF personnel was stuck on top of tree and had to be rescued using an Mi-17 chopper.

 
 

The deceased mother and the child in Kerala floods were identified as Geethu (21) and one and a-half-year old Dhruv
 

Floods and torrential rains in Kerala have left as many as 72 people dead. The NDRF are working round the clock in rescue operations. The situation in Karnataka remains grim and those living close to dams have been relocated. 

With only one boat operational, thousands of people are awaiting to be rescued in flood-hit district of Haveri in Karnataka.

A video showing locals dancing on a waterlogged highway has drawn severe criticism on social media as Indian Army personnel continue rescue operations in flood-hit regions of Karnataka
 

Flooding due to heavy rains has left 15 districts in Maharashtra in disarray. The NDRF and local police have been carrying out rescue and relief operations across the state
 

As Mumbai began to receive heavy rainfall, many areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) comprising Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts experienced water-logging on Sunday (August 4), prompting various agencies to launch rescue operations to evacuate stranded people