Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
This publication links social protection with disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It develops an integrated understanding of vulnerability and identifies four steps for governments and development partners to strengthen the linkages between the technical areas. These steps include: identify households that are most at risk of disaster and …
CWC chief says 10 stations are being planned in the State The Central Water Commission (CWC), at present, can generate only a quick and ready assessment of an impending flood in Srinagar based on rainfall data. CWC Chairperson Ashwin Pandya says it will take two years to establish a proper …
KATHMANDU: The Finance Committee of the Parliament today directed the government to immediately establish a separate ministry for effective disaster management. A meeting of the Finance Committee held under the chairmanship of Prakash Jwala today took this decision. Today’s meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev …
The Southern Province of China, Yunan, has provided Rs 31 million to the government of Nepal as part of its assistance to the flood and landslides victims in Nepal. Chinese ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai handed over a check worth Rs 31 million to Acting Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam at …
UNA-UK’s own contribution to the process included the first edition of Global Development Goals, which analysed the successes, gaps and challenges of the MDGs to produce ideas on how to improve their successors. This new publication shifts the focus from ‘what’ to ‘how’, with sections on financing, delivering results, sharing …
The U.S. mission in Nepal has announced to increase its grant amount, to be made available through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), for the flood affected people. “An additional contribution of US$ 190,000 to increase protection for vulnerable women and children in three flood-affected districts of Nepal: Banke, …
Chairman Cabinet Committee on Flood Relief & Provincial Minister for Environment Col (r) Shuja Khanzada has said that an amount of Rs15 billion will be distributed among 0.6 million flood affectees at the rate of Rs25,000 per family. Briefing the media at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday, Khanzada said that the …
Recent disasters including the deadly one of Kedarnath have brought into focus the role of space technology, in particular earth observation (remote sensing) into sharp focus. Natural disasters are deadly events caused by natural phenomena and bring damage to human societies. (Editorial) Original Source
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 24/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation work undertaken by the government after the Jammu & Kashmir floods.
An outline of environmental and social management framework is to be prepared to draw attraction of small farmers towards adopting modern agriculture through dissemination of climate change related information. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has put in place the initiative, first of its kind, to inform small farmers of …
Ahead of the Climate Summit 2014, the UN released a report, titled 'How the United Nations System Supports Ambitious Action on Climate Change: The United Nations System Delivering as One on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.' The report outlines how it is contributing to the delivery of action on climate …
This report analyses impacts of four extreme weather events (a heat wave in Russia, flooding in Pakistan, drought in East Africa, and a typhoon in the Philippines) on food security. For each case, the nature of the extreme weather is characterized, and its impact on vulnerable people is assessed by …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 18/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation made available to the flood victims of Jammuu & Kashmir.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhra Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 15/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation steps taken by the government for the flood hit Jammu & Kashmir.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 12/09/2014 regarding the massive floods in Kashmir Valley. The petitioners have prayed for immediate rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected persons.
23,000 rescued, Communication links still down; Pakistan DGMO offers help Lakhs remained stranded and many others on rooftops in several parts of the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, even as Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag on Monday declared that troops will continue to carry out relief operations in the state …
The Environment Agency has today (8 September) completed the UK's biggest ever coastal realignment scheme in Somerset to protect local businesses from future flooding. The Steart Marshes flood management scheme, developed in partnership with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), involved the construction of a giant saltmarsh which will naturally …
Lt Gen Preecha said he had ordered 600 soldiers to be deployed in flood-prone areas of Sukhothai. They would help erect walls of sandbags and evacuate residents. Five districts on the banks of the Yom River in Sukhothai have been declared as flood-prone areas — Muang, Si Satchanalai, Sawankhalok, Si …
BSF officer, Army jawan among dead; NH blocked for 8 hours Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Jammu & Kashmir killed seven persons, including a BSF officer and an Army jawan, on Wednesday. Over two dozen villages have been flooded in the Jammu region and authorities have …
European Union (EU) has announced the relief fund of Rs 32,293,750 for the most vulnerable families that have been affected by the natural disaster in the Mid-Western region. Issuing a press statement on Wednesday EU made public the relief fund. Rensje Teerink, the Ambassador of the European Union in Nepal …
