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 …
The FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme aims to provide strategic direction to the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures in member countries across the agricultural-related sectors — in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action and its five priorities for action. In addition, it …
This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in South Asia, which is defined as including the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It first provides an overview of adaptation action at a regional level, highlighting commonalities and differences between South …
Patnitop passenger aerial ropeway project JAMMU: In a significant decision, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended environment clearance for the construction of passenger aerial ropeway project at Patnitop with certain conditions to be strictly complied with by the project proponent. Official …
Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Kudankulam nuclear plant and people of the city will have to be evacuated if an explosion occurs at Kudankulam nuclear plant, T. Shivaji Rao, Director, Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, has said. If the wind flows from South East during an accident, Thiruvanathapuram district would …
LUCKNOW: Visualise this: Teams of city police busy checking if there is any radiation leak in the environment using sophisticated detection kits. This scenario could well be a reality once the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) implements phase I of its project, which aims to ensure safety from radiation hazards. …
With so many calamities, both natural or manmade, striking the city in the last few years, the presumption might be that the state is geared up to tackle any disaster. But the government has yet to appoint disaster management officers for all its 35 districts, as mandated by the Central …
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Centre provided the second installment of its share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) much early. In …
The government will procure more equipment costing Tk 115 crore this year for post-disaster rescue and evacuation drives with a view to minimising its loss. ‘We’ve already procured equipment worth Tk 70 crore. We’ll also procure more evacuation equipment at Tk 115 crore this year to face disasters,’ said the …
A first of its kind mock drill to test India’s new tsunami warning system, that will henceforth serve as the regional tsunami advisory service provider to the countries in the Indian Ocean region, was carried out on Wednesday with “satisfactory results”. The day-long drill, involving 21 countries in the Indian …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday organised mock tsunami drills at cyclone shelters of six coastal districts. This exercise was held as a part of the drill scheduled to be held simultaneously in 20 Indian Ocean nations, including India. The exercise aimed at testing the Indian …
DARJEELING, 11 OCT: Laying the foundation stone for a tourist lodge and rural marketing complex in Jorepokhri, BPHCs in Mirik and Rambi, a multi-level car parking facility in Darjeeling and integrated development and beautification of the Darjeeling Mall Road-Chowrasta crossing, chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today virtually turned a wish-tree …
A mock-drill of the tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004, triggered by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake off the Sumatra coast of Indonesia, will be re-enacted tomorrow. The idea is to test the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS). Codenamed ‘Exercise IOWAVE 11', the drill will see India …
DIMAPUR: The recent earthquake that devastated Sikkim has also jolted Nagaland state to launch its own State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to face any disaster, natural or man-made. The training of the first batch of SDRF drawn from Alpha Company of the ‘Daring Ninth’ (9 IRB-NAP) was formally inaugurated on …
‘Will Act As Deterrent To Acts Of Terror’ New Delhi: Fifty cities across the country will soon have Mobile Radiation Detection Systems(MRDS) as partof the preparedness to handle radiological emergencies like the onethathittheMayapuri area in the Capital where one person died last year. The Union home ministry recently sanctioned setting …
Wants to amend building bylaws to ensure quake-resistant structures Keeping in view the repeated warnings of scientists regarding the chances of earthquakes in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has decided to formulate a comprehensive policy on disaster risk reduction and management. The government has also decided to amend the …
In late 2010 a group of professionals published a report of surveys conducted in the Sundarbans following the destruction caused by cyclone Aila in May 2009. This report shows how little we care to know about the people living in the delta. While the state government attempts to include it …
This new MoEF report documents India’s evolving framework for sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit and assesses the achievements and the challenges that the country faces. The year 2012 will mark twenty years since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) or Earth Summit, held at Rio …
Severe floods in the past as well as the recent floods in many States including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, UP, Assam, West Bengal and Odisha which caused devastation and large submergence remind us of inadequacy of flood management measures. Therefore, concerted efforts are required to make a critical review of the …
This document published by the GTZ has been produced in the context of an ongoing project in which the GTZ and the Ministry of Environment and Forests are working together to devise ways of dealing with the inevitable impacts of climate change, which aims to strengthen the capacities of rural …
GANGTOK, Sept 29 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made an aerial survey of quake-ravaged areas of Sikkim and announced Rs 1,000 crore as Central assistance to the State. He also met victims of the 6.8 magnitude quake admitted to the STNM Hospital. Around 200 persons are receiving treatment at …
