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 …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection measures in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion, which is destroying livelihoods costing the economy an estimated $250 million a year. An ADB multitranche loan financing facility of $255 million will help put in place riverbank protection structures and embankments along …
The growing frequency of extreme weather events in the UK is putting the nation's infrastructure networks at risk, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has warned. The structures underpinning the UK's transport, energy, flood, waste and water networks have been assessed by ICE in its latest infrastructure 'state of the …
Every year, disasters related to weather, climate and water hazards cause significant loss of life and set back economic and social development by years, if not decades From 1970 to 2012, 8 835 disasters, 1 94 million deaths and US$ 2 4 trillion of economic losses were reported globally as …
Companies will now have a more wide range of activities to choose to fulfil the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) norms under the new Companies Act. The government has expanded the activities allowed and included housing for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), disaster management, rural development, road safety and skill development of …
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved on Wednesday eight development projects having an estimated cost of Rs38.5 billion, including a foreign exchange component of Rs20.8bn. Presided over by Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal, the CDWP meeting also expressed concern over poor education indicators in rural …
Order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (W.P. No.7941/2011 With W.P. No.4205/2013) in the matter between Medha Patkar Vs Union of India regarding providing relief to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to delay in development of command area of the Omkareshwar project. The Court has directed the Ministry …
Govt has completely forgotten to develop its own disaster management policy in wake of repeated disasters striking hill state since 2010 After the catastrophic floods that caused widespread devastation in Uttarakhand last year, the state government seems to have learnt no lesson. The government seems to have forgotten to develop …
Had the guidelines of the Central Water Commission (CWC) outlining dam safety measures been strictly enforced, 24 Hyderabad students could have been saved from being washed way in the Beas in Mandi. These guidelines are mandatory for all power projects in the country. The CWC has listed 10 guidelines for …
Aiming at protecting the mass people and strategic points from river erosion, the government is going to implement a Tk 828.56 crore project titled “Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranche-I) . The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) will implement the project by December 2018. The project was …
Seventeen months after Congress authorized up to $16 billion to fix homes wrecked by superstorm Sandy, tens of thousands of people still are living in damaged houses or paying rent on top of a mortgage as they wait for rebuilding help. About 15,000 New York City residents are seeking aid, …
THE Zamfara State Government has released the sum of N40 million as assistance to the victims of the recent rainstorm in the state, which claimed four children at Anguwar Danbaba area of the state capital, Gusau. Addressing the victims yesterday, secretary of the state’s emergency relief agency, Atiku Sani Maradun, …
The World Bank will provide Bangladesh with additional credit of $140 million to improve and strengthen critical disaster prevention infrastructure in the coastal areas of the country. A loan agreement to this effect was signed on Monday between Bangladesh government and the Washington-based lender at the Economic Relations Division (ERD). …
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a number of development projects costing rupees over 778 million. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source, the government under a comprehensive plan is focusing on the uplift of various sectors across the province. He said the projects include rehabilitation of flood-hit infrastructure in …
Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PDMA-KP) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Bangkok have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that sets forth a framework for a collaborative alliance between the two parties. The cooperation would be based on the Road Map for Disaster Risk Management 2014-2019, a comprehensive …
The government has so far released over Rs 319.566 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs 48,269.400 million has been released for …
The National Drought Management Policy Guidelines provide a template for action that countries can use in the development of a national drought management policy and drought preparedness/mitigation plans. The process is structured in 10 steps that can be adapted by countries to reflect their institutional, infrastructure, legal, socio-economic and environmental …
This new report on development and ecological sustainability in Uttarakhand by Ravi Chopra, environmentalist analyzes Uttarakhand, India, current development pattern in terms of equity and sustainability in the context of floods and landslides which affected the region. Says that the devastation in Uttarakhand on June 15-17, 2013 was aggravated many …
JAMMU, May 29: The Government today constituted committees for State and district level crisis management to deal with possible disasters in mines. The State level committee, headed by Administrative Secretary Industries and Commerce, will review preparedness of various machineries for the management of crisis in the mines and conduct surprise …
A flood preparedness drill saw a siren cry for a couple of minutes in the small village of Gaoqiao in east China's Jiangxi Province on Wednesday afternoon. Soon, villagers rushed out of their houses with children in their arms. They ran toward a shelter in the village, with a dozen …
