The report investigates the broad concept of the economics of drought management, provides a conceptual, two-tier framework for the assessment of proactive and reactive actions, and disseminates case studies
Chennai/New Delhi: The coastal districts in Tamil Nadu were on high alert on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake off Sumatra although the Union government as well as the scientists ruled out a tsunami threat to the Indian mainland or the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
May 9: Following Sunday
HYDERABAD: Officials in nine coastal districts were on their toes even as people spent anxious moments following an alert about the possibility of rise in sea levels after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 11.29 a.m. on Sunday.
FUNDAY N Sunday crowds give cops a hard time post-tsunami alert Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS
DIBRUGARH, May 9: Monsoon every year brings reminders of the proximity of the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Large chunks of land disappear under water, rousing fears about the fate of the town. Erosion has become a reality for the people of the area since the 1950s.
NALBARI, May 9
Patna: Sixteen persons, including three children, were killed and more than 25 injured when a high velocity storm struck eastern Bihar on Friday morning. This is the second instance of a thunderstorm hitting the State after a Nor'wester hit West Bengal, Bihar and Assam last month, claiming more than 130 lives and rendering lakhs of people homeless.
: At least 38 people were killed after a tornado, hail storms, galeforce winds and torrential rains hit southern China, damaging thousands of homes and destroying crops.
The PWD on Thursday began removing the mud, which was deposited in the Bicholim River, where the construction of a bridge is in progress. It may be recalled that PWD, while undertaking the construction work of the parallel bridge on Bicholim River, had deposited heaps of mud near one of the main pillars of the bridge, due to which the entire flow of water from Bicholim River had been blocked.
Dibang Valley reeling under nature
