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 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2012 containing the results of the Performance Audit of Disaster Preparedness in India. The performance audit was conducted during May 2012 to September 2012.
New Delhi: An eight-yearold child was killed in a mudslide in Assam on Tuesday as two earthquakes jolted the state along with other northeastern states and Odisha. Three children, who had gone for fishing in river Beki at Kalgasia village in Assam’s Barpeta district, were swept into the waters by …
The Asia-Pacific region has been battered in recent years by a relentless series of shocks. Some have been related to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or droughts or floods. Others, such as the 2008 financial crisis, have been caused by convulsions in global markets. Still others, such as rocketing food …
The policy brief informs local policymakers about the current trends and activities taking place in selected cities that have signed up to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign since 2010. The Summary draws largely on the findings of the Making Cities Resilient Report 2012, as well as interviews and information local …
Although Dhaka city has not experienced a major earthquake yet, it is one of the world’s 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquakes, says an Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University, USA. It is one of the high risk zones due to fault lines near the capital and the vulnerability …
Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University ranks Bangladesh (Dhaka) among the 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquake in the world. The World Bank is providing assistance (grant) in financing 'Bangladesh Urban Earthquake Resilience Project' to enhance earthquake preparedness. The Government and the World Bank are engaged in a multi-year …
Pak-Qatar Takaful Group has successfully completed the construction for 200 families who had lost their homes due to the floods that swept through Pakistan in 2010. The project includes 200 residential homes, a mosque, a primary school, a health unit, shops and clean drinking water and sanitation facilities. Sheikh Ali …
The experts say the 350-billion-baht projects have not been studied sufficiently and may eventually fail. Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, who heads the government's Water Management and Flood Prevention Commission, said the ToR could be announced tomorrow afternoon as it does not require endorsement from the ministers. But Suwat Chaopreecha, …
The Nationals and Greens encourage the PM's Warragamba dam plan, but disagree on moves to expand the policy nationwide. Raising the height of the Warragamba dam wall to protect one of Australia's most flood-prone regions from inundation is not the best approach, a leading water researcher says. Responding to reports …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday defended the release of an input subsidy package worth Rs.600 crore for kharif crops to farmers and announced launch of a fresh assessment exercise to find out the damage caused to crops by the recent cold wave and hailstorm in some parts of …
The Centre has raised several objections in the Supreme Court against Haryana’s plan to construct the Gurgaon-Manesar urban complex (GMUC) for a projected population of 37 lakhs in 2021, contending that the state’s proposal was in violation of the blueprint prepared by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) for …
The National DRR Policy provides an overall guiding framework for addressing the high levels of disaster risk permeating Pakistani Society. It covers both natural and man-made hazards. The policy seeks to promote priority measures to ameliorate already existing vulnerability to hazards, and equally important measures to ensure future development processes …
Rescuers search for the victims of a landslide in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 17 February 2013 Search-and-rescue teams are in the areas affected by the landslide Flooding and landslides in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi have left at least 15 people dead, officials say. On Sunday thousands of people …
MPs have welcomed the Government's plans for more competition in the water market but say more urgency is needed to improve resilience and flood prevention. A report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Water Bill published today by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee claims the Government had …
With proper forethought, climate finance could cut gender inequity and consequentially become more economically efficient. But the opposite may happen if funds ignore the issue, warns Anna Petherick.
Resilience is the ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to, and recover from the impacts in a timely and efficient manner. Resilience in the context of cities translates into a new paradigm for urbanization and forms the basis for a new understanding …
Congress gave final approval on Monday to an emergency aid package of nearly $51 billion to help millions of victims of Hurricane Sandy, ending the legislation’s long and complicated odyssey. By a 62-to-36 vote, the Senate approved the measure, with 9 Republicans joining 53 Democrats to support it. The House …
Asigning ceremony of three contracts, with a total value of over Tk 194 crore to construct 37 School-cum-Cyclone Shelters in Bhola and Patuakhali, was held on Wednesday in the offices of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) at IDB Bhaban in the city. The signatories to the contracts were Md. Wahidur …
The Centre has taken conciliatory view of the endemic flood-related problems being faced by the state on three fronts - increasing silt deposits in the river Ganga, delayed flood management schemes and financial constraints in taking up those schemes - and also assured positive action to solve them. The assurance …
The National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), a non-government organisation that has been working on earthquake risk management for almost two decades in the country, launched a five-year project on Wednesday. The plan aims to increase the resilience of populations exposed to earthquakes and related hazards in the Himalayas. Besides …
