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
Indian Air Force chopper dropping food packets for the marooned in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday (Below) A view of flooded areas in Cuttack districExpress News Service 23 Sep 2008 09:50:00 AM IST
JAMMU, Sep 22: Speaker Legislative Assembly Tara Chand monday convened a meeting of officers of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control to review the progress made by them in completion of various ongoing development works in Khour block. Among others, Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, V. K. Abrol, Ex.Ens. of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control departments were present in the meeting.
Victims of the Koshi floods clashed with the police at Haripur in Sunsari district on Monday. Some four police officers and two displaced have been injured in the clash. The injured include police personnel Navin Kumar Ghimire, Dorje Tamang, Durga Khadka, Mukunda Gurung and displaced Mahendra Nath Pathak.
A heavy hailstorm ripped through the paddy crops in Budgam, Pulwama and Kupwara as heavy rains destroyed the crop in Anantanag this evening.
Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Friday continue to claim lives in various mid and farwestern districts of the country. Thousands have been displaced while hundreds are still awaiting rescue in their waterlogged villages. In Kanchanpur district alone, the death toll has reached 15, with seven more reported deaths, most of them children.
Debabrata Mohanty Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 0140 hrs IST Bhubaneswar, Sept 22 The flood situation in Orissa may not improve anytime soon as another depression is being formed over the Bay of Bengal that would only add to the woes of the 37 lakh flood-affected people in 18 districts.
Everybody loves a natural disaster (Editorial) The Kosi floods were a predictable ecological event. But Indian politicians have no time for the science of rivers, writes Jayanta Bandyopadhyay The author is professor at IIM Calcutta. He drafted the chapter on the world
In a significant policy shift, Assam Government has prioritised erosion over floods, identifying it as a more dangerous threat, even as Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi called for special packages for erosion-affected areas and border area development. Erosion is a more serious threat than floods.
Abhay Mohan Jha Western Kusaha (Nepal): After the Kosi catastrophe that unleashed widespread devastation, the central question is whether the spurs
HIT BY CALAMITY: Debris of a house that collapsed due to heavy rain in Shimla on Saturday. Rescue work to unearth bodies is on.
