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 increasing frequency and severity of environmental disasters in Asia are highly correlated with the rapid urban transition now taking place in this world region. Five types of urban transition effects are identified to explain how the urbanization of disasters calls for fundamental changes in approaches to disaster prevention, response, …
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will prepare a poverty database with the support of World Bank (WB) to ensure effective implementation of the government's poverty reduction strategy and run the ongoing social safety net programmes (SSNPs). The US$ 500 million WB project has three components. Most of the fund will …
Early warning system in Bangladesh - a presentation by Md. Abdul Mannan at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Managing disasters, sustaining development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas - a presentation by Aditi Mukherji at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Only 15 states have so far set up their own respective State Disaster Response Force following direction from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) earlier this year. Only 15 states have so far set up their respective state dedicated forces meant for immediate response to disaster and also involve in …
The U.S. government spent nearly $62 billion on disaster relief in the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012, to help Americans recover from severe storms, droughts, heat waves and wildfires, a new analysis of federal data has found. The Agriculture Department accounted for more than half of all federal disaster …
The state government has increased the Bihar Contingency Fund (BCF) amount, till March 30 next year, to Rs 1800 crore from the existing Rs 350 crore. After the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, secretary, cabinet secretariat department Brajesh Mehrotra said the huge increase in the BCF has been made mainly for …
The government is likely to seek financial aid from the Centre to tackle drought and floods in the State. Official sources said the government had prepared a memorandum seeking about Rs 475 crore to take up relief works in flood-affected areas, and Rs 744 crore in drought-hit areas. The actual …
Units to be set up in B'lore, M'lore, Belgaum, Gulbarga The State government has decided to set up Disaster Response Forces (DRFs) in Bangalore, Mangalore, Belgaum and Gulbarga. The four DRFs, each with a fixed area of operation, will cover the entire state taking up rescue and rehabilitation works in …
Flood is a well-known phenomenon in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta (MRD). Although people have experienced the impact of floods for years, some adapt well, but others are vulnerable to floods. Resilience to floods is a useful concept to study the capacity of rural households to cope with, adapt to, …
The Korean Government will provide $3.0 million support to Bangladesh to improve its poor people's access to food in the disaster-prone regions. The fund, to be disbursed under a three-year project titled "KOICA-WFP Food for New Village (FFNV)", commenced this year, will also enable the poor to take advantage of …
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide US $800,000 to Bangladesh for strengthening earthquake response and resilience in Bangladesh, reports UNB. The ‘Strengthening Earthquake Resilience’ programme will train hospital and medical support staff in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet to treat a high volume of …
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has paid a sum of Rs 71.94 billion (Rs 71,941050,000) to earthquake of 2005 hit people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhaw, says a document placed in the Parliament. A total of 611,059 quake-hit people were paid Rs 15.3 billion at …
Ministry of Environment and Forests directed to constitute an expert body to make detailed study The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State of Uttarakhand not to grant any further environmental clearance or forest clearance for any hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand …
Expressing “deep concern” over the recent tragedy caused by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state government not to clear any hydroelectric power project in the hilly state. “We direct the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) as well as the …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today urged the 14th Finance Commission to provide a special grant of Rs 12,466 crore to the state, while seeking permission to levy generation tax on hydropower produced in the state to help it recover from increasing debt and liabilities. While placing the state’s case before …
Deeply concerned about the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered fresh environment impact assessment of 24 hydro-electric projects on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and scrutiny of the disaster management plan. A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra ordered the ministry of environment and …
LAHORE: In view of the recent rains and floods, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the divisional commissioners and district administrations to monitor the flow of water in rivers and water channels round the clock and immediately inform the institutions concerned in case of any emergent situation. In a …
Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Alaknanda Hydro Power …
KSEB Says The Reservoir Can Hold Water Up To Full Level Terming the state disaster management authority’s suggestion to lift the shutters of Idukki dam well before the water level in it touches the maximum (2,403ft) as a debatable contention of academic nature, the state government has decided against draining …
