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 …
China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday the country has allocated 340 million yuan ($53.80 million) for regions plagued by floods and droughts. The fund, allocated by the MOF and the Ministry of Water Resources, will be spent on repairing flood-damaged water conservancy facilities in Jiangxi province, supporting flood control …
GUWAHATI: “On 5.5.2005, tripartite talks had taken place between the Centre, Assam Government and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU). The Centre had assured in the meeting that the flood and erosion problem of Assam would be declared a national problem. Had the Centre kept its promise, the flood situation …
The Indian government has provided NRs 97.71 million to Nepal as its contribution to the construction of embankments along the Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers. Indian Ambassador Jayant Prasad handed over a cheque for NRs 97.71 million to Minister for Irrigation Mahendra Prasad Yadav on Wednesday. As per the 6th …
In an effort to streamline the response to disaster in the city, the Health department along with national and state disaster management authorities is in the process of setting up quick response teams. The teams, which will function under the district medical officers, will reach a disaster spot immediately after …
The present study was done to document disaster management strategies and approaches and to assesses the impact of flash floods on human lives, health hazards, and future implications of a natural disaster.
Karad City is situated on the bank of confluence of river Krishna & Koyana, which is severely flood prone area. The floodwaters enter the city through the roads and disrupt the infrastructure in the whole city. Furthermore, due to negligence of the authorities and unplanned growth of the city, the …
This report presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment (URA), for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities. It is intended to assist in decision making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for …
British Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan has announced 17 million pound sterling (approx. Rs 2 billion) vital funding support for earthquake preparedness in Nepal. The amount will be made available through the Department for International Development (DFID) over the period of four years. The UK’s new disaster …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should upgrade its Disaster Management team by appointing qualified and experienced staff, in the aftermath of the Mantralaya blaze which claimed five lives, an RTI activist has said. "I would like to bring to your kind notice that there is urgent need to upgrade and …
IAF air-drops food packets in Tinsukia, where 50,000 people are still marooned Floods continued to wreak havoc in Assam on Tuesday, as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries sent more areas under water, and 50,000 people were still marooned in the worst-hit Tinsukia district. The Indian Air Force (IAF) air-dropped food …
JAIPUR: Natives of Panchayawala village woke up to panic a day after the area witnessed ammonia gas leak; the gas started leaking again on Tuesday morning from the storage tank of the same ice factory. After the police officials, civil defense and fire department temporarily sealed off the leakage on …
The flood situation in Assam has suddenly turned from bad to worse overnight with the Brahmaputra damaging embankments and inundating over 200 villages, affecting over 1.5 lakh people in just two districts. The authorities have already pressed in the Army and the IAF in addition to the National Disaster Response …
Flood situation continues to deteriorate in the State on Monday with reports coming in of more villages being inundated by surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in upper and lower Assam districts. Flood waters have inundated at least 100 villages in Jorhat, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Nalbari and Dibrugarh …
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of 'The Disaster Management Bill, 2012' which aims at bringing the existing disaster management measures under a legal framework. The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the …
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has formed a task force for the rescue and relief of the citizens during emergency situations. The task force would control the emergency situations to safeguard the citizens. The task force includes divers, welders, saw-cutter operators, watering pump agents and others. This would remain alert …
Climate change, pollution of air, land and water, and change in globalisation policies are threatening the agricultural economy of the country. In such circumstances, focus should be on alleviating these problems, S. Damodaran, Minister for Agriculture, said here on Friday. Inaugurating the 23rd meeting of Indian Council of Agricultural Research …
Worldwide, there is a need to enhance our understanding of vulnerability and to develop methodologies and tools to assess vulnerability. One of the most important goals of assessing coastal flood vulnerability, in particular, is to create a readily understandable link between the theoretical concepts of flood vulnerability and the day-to-day …
Says the state engaged in a ‘water battle’, managing the swollen Ravi and Sutlej rivers every rainy season Punjab has sought higher Central allocation for management of flood-prone areas bordering Pakistan, as has been done in the case of Naxal and drough-hit areas, during the 12th Plan period. It said …
“With a 200-km fault line running through the heart of Himachal, the hill state needs to be better prepared to face a 1905 Kangra-like earthquake, which can spell total disaster,” says M Shashidhar Reddy, Vice-Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). “As a quake hits without a warning, nothing …
NEW DELHI, June 5 – Identifying agriculture and erosion and flood management as thrust areas, Assam’s Annual Plan for 2012-2013 was fixed at Rs 10,500 crore marking an increase of 16 per cent from last year’s Rs 9,000 crore. The Plan size was finalised at a meeting today attended by …
