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 …
After fierce lobbying by political leaders in states across the Northeast, the House of Representatives on Tuesday night approved a long-awaited $50.7 billion emergency bill to provide help to victims of Hurricane Sandy. The aid package passed 241 to 180, with 49 Republicans joining 192 Democrats. The Senate is expected …
Fifty million yuan ($8.06 million) has been allocated for disaster relief in Southwest China's Yunnan province where a landslide killed 46, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday. The emergency fund will be used to relocate disaster-affected people, subsidize their living, rebuild houses and used as solatium for family members …
To test the response of disaster management agencies and also generate public awareness, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct a large-scale exercise in the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula as well as Shimla on February 13. This will be the first-ever disaster management initiative in the country …
Karnataka, which has been desperately waiting for release of funds from the Centre under drought relief for 2012, stands the risk of not receiving any grants at all. This is the fear harboured by the Revenue Department (Disaster Management), which has sought Rs 11,146 crore from the Centre under the …
Soaring mercury levels may trigger more incidents of human-animal conflicts, it is feared. Forest fires and the reduced availability of fodder and drinking water may force wild animals out of their territories. They may venture into human habitations in search of water and food, according to wildlife authorities. E.A. Jayson, …
‘State not fully prepared to meet disasters’ With scientists across the globe warning of massive earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 in the Himalayas, the hilly Jammu and Kashmir, which lies in seismic zone IV and V, may witness the worst ever tremors that could cause “immeasurable destruction” owing to “faulty planning” …
Global prediction partnerships would cost little and reduce the regional carnage caused by floods, droughts and tropical cyclones, argues Peter J. Webster.
Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource for staff of development and humanitarian organizations working with people whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change. It is aimed at program management, advisory and technical staff of development and …
This document states that “Resilient Habitat” is an alternative approach in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation targeting the most vulnerable communities. Expanding the last decade’s introduction of individual small to medium scale DRR/CCA interventions, the government along with the donors mobilizes the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) to …
Investing in Resilience: Ensuring a Disaster-Resistant Future focuses on the steps required to ensure that investment in disaster resilience happens and that it occurs as an integral, systematic part of development. At-risk communities in Asia and the Pacific can apply a wide range of policy, capacity, and investment instruments and …
Since 2006, ICIMOD has commissioned various case studies as part of a study on flash flood risk reduction in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. The purpose of these studies was to create a knowledge base on flash flood processes in different parts of the region with diverse climatic and socioeconomic …
State Action Plan for Climate Change (SAPCC) seeks to address the commitments of J & K by formulating SAP containing both adaptation & mitigation measures to cope with the climate change impacts as mentioned. The Plan seeks to develop, apply and diffuse technologies (and technology transfer), practices and processes that …
Bihar statistical hand book is a biennial publication of the Directorate. Bihar statistical handbook 2012 is designed to give a synoptic view of the state economy through statistics. It incorporates tables with latest data on area and population, climate and rainfall, agriculture and irrigation, livestock, fisheries, forest, education, science and …
NH closed, freak weather till Dec 17 Srinagar, Dec 14: Heavy snowfall in parts of Kashmir and along the Jammu-Srinagar National highway has closed the highway for traffic and disrupted the air-traffic to Kashmir valley today. Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Munir Ahmad Khan, told Excelsior that heavy snowfall has …
Alarmed by this year’s scanty rainfall and the drying up of water reserves in several parts of the State, the office of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority has forwarded a recommendation to the State government to this effect. The scarce northeast monsoon has failed to make up for the …
Disaster Management Survey Blames Use Of Stilt Parking For Vulnerability New Delhi: The buildings in east Delhi, especially of group housing societies, are not structurally safe, claim the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) which conducted a survey to assess the structural stability of the buildings in Trans-Yamuna area. The …
Mainstreaming DRR and climate change adaptation in local development planning processes lessons and experiences from Sri Lanka by Bhathiya Kekulandala, Practical Action at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
Keeping in view the seismic vulnerability of Kashmir, the High Court has asked the government to establish an “effective disaster management committee”. The direction came in after a division bench of the court comprising Justices Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Muzaffar Hussain Attar disposed off a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed …
With the effects of climate change becoming evident by the day and farmers having to face the worst, the good news is that the agriculture ministry's attempt to prepare district-level contingency plans across India to deal the contingencies seem to be working. Many farmers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, participating in …
Developing countries are not yet well adapted even to current climate risks: floods, droughts and storm. Yet those risks are becoming harsher as the world warms, climate extremes become more intense, and the oceans rise – the consequences of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. This evaluation draws lessons from World Bank …
