State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Landslides
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377 areas in city declared landslide prone, Gogoi gives go–ahead for eviction
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday convened a high–level meeting to discuss the post–flood scenario in Guwahati. As an immediate measure, as many as 377 areas in the city have been declared landslide
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Panel uses science to save Chure
The newly formed Rastrapati Chure-Tarai Mades Conservation Development Committee (RCTMCDC) has started incorporating scientific information into the conservation strategies to make the Chure conservation
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SL and UNDP collaborate on climate change project
The Economic Development Ministry signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on June 25 to support the Divi Neguma Livelihood Development Programme to withstand climate related
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Landslide claims one in SW China
A landslide killed one person on Monday morning in Southwest China's Yunnan province, leaving two injured and 15 missing. The incident took place at 9:20 am. 10 firefighters and two fire trucks have
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A year after Uttarakhand floods: No disaster mgmt policy to combat nature's fury
Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB), in 2004, prepared the "state of the environment report" that dealt with the most important environmental issues such as state planning, and a separate environment policy. The development planning processes need to integrate environmental considerations and concepts of sustainability, in order to become truly responsive to people's needs, while preserving the environment, said C V S Negi, former member-secretary of UEPPCB, during whose tenure, the "state of the environment report"
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Priests worried over threat to Gangotri, Yamunotri temples
Away from all the attention being focused on the temple towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath, temples at Yamunotri and Gangotri, which compete the ‘char dham’ pilgrimage, are facing a serious risk. The
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Fear of landslides haunts Tehri villagers awaiting resettlement
Though one year has passed since the flood disaster wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand, the situation in the affected areas in Tehri district has not improved. The residents of more than two dozen villages
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Villagers, environmentalists blame hydro projects for destabilising hills
Recurrent landslides at Urni The formation of an artificial lake on the Sutlej near Urni, 25 km from here, on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway, following two massive landslides within a week has
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10 lakh people at risk of landslide
Following the blast, law enforcers recovered among other things 18 bottles of picric acid used to make explosives Two committees, formed after a series of landslides on June 11 in 2007 which killed
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Landslide claims three in Bajura
BAJURA: Incessant rainfall with landslides claimed three lives while six houses were swept away in Kolti VDC of Bajura, on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Kar Budha, 45, his grandson