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 project examines the likely impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather-related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing and planning in climate change adaptation. The research findings are restricted to these three aspects of the …
This document reports on a workshop addressing the problems and impacts of floods and aiming to provide more understandable and action-oriented information to policymakers in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region (Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka), in order to develop a regional road …
To promote engagement in disaster and climate risk management practices, this report informs readers about the elements that are driving increases in disaster risk in South Asia Region (SAR). The report first examines the regional rise in disaster events and losses, the nature of the hazards, the drivers of current …
By the end of this year, at least 160 roads in the city will have a dedicated “disaster management lane”. Driving on these lanes during any disaster will be a punishable offence. The 3.5-meter-wide lanes, to be painted blue, will be on the extreme right side of the road. On …
In the maiden meeting of the authority on Monday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav nominated revenue minister Ambika Chaudhary as the vice-chairman of the governing body of the Disaster Management Authority. Headed by the CM, the governing body also decided to draft a new Disaster Management Policy for the state in …
Risks from extreme weather events are mediated through state, civil society and individual action. We propose evolving social contracts as a primary mechanism by which adaptation to climate change proceeds. We use a natural experiment of policy and social contexts of the UK and Ireland affected by the same meteorological …
The bench asked the state government to be "serious" on the safety issue and directed it to conduct mock drills in the villages on a regular basis. The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear to the government that all safety measures for handling disaster must be put in place …
Chandigarh: A Capacity Development Programme was conducted from November 7-9 in Chandigarh UT, to assess and evaluate the awareness and preparedness of Chandigarh Administration in the event of an earthquake. The training programme was conducted by J K Sinha, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), and other …
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has allocated a sum of 10 million Maldivian Rufiyaa, to finance relief efforts against extensive property damage caused by the ongoing series of torrential rain storms in the country. The President formally announced his decision at a press conference held at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport yesterday …
This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM), emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It also provides a chronology of the development of DRM processes in the country including government's initiatives in creating suitable policy and legal environments for effective …
A&N; Islands having been pursuing a paradigm shift in disaster management from a relief centric approach in the past to the current holistic one, encompassing all facets of disaster management. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Disaster Management Plan captures the measures undertaken and system established for disaster management in A&N; …
Water-related disasters and extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency in Central Asia and in the countries that surround it. Floods, landslides/mudflows, droughts and earthquakes, which frequently affect the region, cause enormous economic and social damage and often lead to massive loss of human life. Extreme weather events, such …
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has so far completed 8511 projects in earthquake hit areas of Azad Kashmir and areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw while work is continuing on other 5578 projects, said an official. Among the projects completed from September 2008 to September 2012 are including health, education, clean …
Microzonation, on a scale of 1:10,000, is being carried out to formulate building codes specific to areas in the city. High damage risk zone — technically termed as Zone IV— is what Delhi has been defined as. In simple words, this means Delhi has the structural make to be the …
This evaluation study assesses ADB’s response to natural disasters and disaster risks, and explores ways to improve ADB operations in these areas. It distinguishes between two broad categories of disaster-related operations—those in disaster prevention and those in disaster recovery. The study calls for ADB to consider giving greater emphasis to …
Since 2002, the Indian state of Odisha has been undertaking a grassroots awareness campaign on “dos and don’ts” during heat wave conditions through the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program. The selection criteria for DRM districts were earthquake, flood, and cyclone incidence, but subsequently heat wave awareness also received intense attention …
This new report shows how environmental degradation reduces the capacity of societies to deal with disaster risk in many countries around the world. It examines who is at risk from natural disasters, what contributes to this risk and what can be done about it. World Risk Report 2012, which shows …
