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 …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed administration of districts affected by excessive rains to maintain high alert for 24 hours and undertake immediate relief and rescue works in case of floods. Shri Chouhan convened a high-level meeting here today and reviewed flood relief and rescue works in …
DEHRADUN, 8 AUG: The state government still does not know what the situation is in at least 17 villages of Uttarkashi district, following flash floods that caused massive devastation Saturday, according to principal secretary for disaster management Om Prakash. Hundreds of pilgrims are still stranded in Uttarkashi, and the government …
Pazhassi dam in danger as water flows one metre above its crest; families evacuated The heavy rain, landslips, and floods that devastated many areas in Kozhikode and Kannur districts in the last two days have claimed at least nine lives. Eight persons, five of them from a family, were buried …
Nearly 402 families have been uprooted; rescue operations on with the help of the army and paramiltary forces; prime minister, UPA chairperson assures of all possible help Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought a relief package of Rs 600-crore for the flood-hit …
The Sri Lankan government has allocated 3.7 billion rupees to provide relief for the people affected by the current drought weather conditions. However, the Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera says more monies would have to be allocated as the areas being affected by the drought were increasing. The Minister has …
Heart-wrenching scenes witnessed in Gangori, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury Thirty one people were killed in the flash floods in Uttarakhand on Saturday and at least six missing from Gangori, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury. Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at Gangori, where the maximum number of …
Several high-impact disasters in the last decade have shown diverse environmental and social settings to be vulnerable to natural hazards. According to the United Nations (UN), in 2011 302 disasters resulting from natural hazards killed 29 782 people and injured, displaced or otherwise affected another 206 million. Economic damages reached …
This study, which uses a resilience strategy document developed for Gorakhpur as a baseline, suggests potential entry points for climate adaptation in the existing policy and regulatory framework. It also identifies specific action points that may be taken up at the city and state level to mainstream climate resilience.
The Government of India ratified the Convention on Nuclear Safety on March 31, 2005. This National Report is being submitted by India for review by the Contracting Parties to the 2 nd extraordinary meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) in accordance with article 23 of the convention.
A mild intensity quake shook Kashmir Valley in the wee hours on Wednesday but there was no report of any damage due to it. "An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded at 1.37 AM. The epicentre of the tremor was in Hindukush region of Afghanistan," an official of Disaster Management …
Production of kharif crops, mainly paddy has been adversely affected in all 24 districts of the state due to scanty rainfall. The state government has constituted district-level task forces comprising officials of agriculture, water resources and disaster management departments to visit districts to estimate the losses because of poor monsoon …
The Ministry of Finance said Sunday that 120 million yuan ($19 million) has been allocated to help the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and neighboring Hebei province to fight floods. The fund, allocated by the MOF and the Ministry of Water Resources, will be spent on repairs for flood-damaged water …
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has approved Rs 500 million for steps to protect district Peshawar and Nowshera from floods destructions in future. This huge amount would be utilised to construct protection walls to save hundreds of acres lands and thousands of houses from flood’s ruins, as both the districts have suffered …
As temperatures soar, forests blaze and houses burn, the media and public may be forced to face up to the reality of a changing climate, says Max A. Moritz.
Cutting across party lines, members of the State Assembly today strongly criticized the Government for alleged failure to distribute adequate relief to the flood affected people and demanded that the committee to oversee the management of the calamity relief fund should be reconstituted. Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi said that …
The Planning Commission on Monday approved a Rs.8,200-crore Annual Plan for Uttarakhand for 2012-13 which is Rs.400 crore more than last year. “The Commission is fully aware of the infrastructure deficit in the State and its constraint in meeting the cost of infrastructure development…We will try to give Uttarakhand all …
India's annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River. A senior member of the Assam Human Rights …
Bihar approaches the 12th Plan with a sense of confidence and optimism. During the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12), the economy of Bihar showed a steady growth trend. Growth is typically sustainable, if inter-linkages in the economy are such that growth in one sector pushes growth in the others. Growth …
India's annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River. A senior member of the Assam Human Rights …
In the wake of the leakage of toxic gases from a pesticide plant in Srikakulam district which forced people in 18 surrounding villages to flee their homes, government agencies may have been exposed for their lack of disaster preparedness but the episode has raised larger concerns of public safety in …
