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 South-West monsoon has proved to be unpredictable, variable, and uncertain this year - with the official announcement that 177 districts suffer from either drought or drought-like conditions indicating the magnitude of the crisis. Little or no rain, late rain, and heavy rain have all been features of monsoon behaviour …
Pakistan has suffered economic losses worth $30 billion to $35 billion since 1947 due to natural disasters, largely earthquakes and floods. Keeping in view this huge loss, government has decided to include disaster risk management in the next five-year plan. This was informed at a workshop on
A nine-member central team today arrived here to assess the extent of drought damage in the state. The team, headed by managing director of Horticulture Mission Board Bijay Kumar, will visit Dumka, Lohardaga, Latehar, Palamau, Gumla, Jamtara, Jasidih, Deoghar, Giridih, Chatra and Garhwa districts from tomorrow.
New Delhi: With breach in the embankment of swollen Bagmati river leaving nearly one lakh people homeless in Sitamarhi district in north Bihar, the Centre on Sunday rushed an additional contingent of its National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
KENDRAPARA: The Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) installed 21 ham (amateur) radios in ten districts, including six coastal ones, recently. Last year, UNDP provided the ham radios to OSDMA for installation. Due to non-availability of trained ham radio operators the installation of radios was delayed, said Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra, …
Alarmed by devastations caused downstream by surging waters released from dams in Bhutan, a reconstituted joint technical team (JTT) with the modified term of reference (ToR) has been mandated to include some rivers flowing from Bhutan into Assam, for further studies and recommendations for remedial measures. A joint group of …
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said as the frequency and magnitude of natural disasters has been increasing rapidly in coastal belt due to climate change impacts, the government should take specific steps to protect some 3.48 crore people in the areas. People living in the coastal belts are becoming more …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 26 The Assembly Subject Committee on Land Revenue, Forest and Fisheries has called for a comprehensive disaster mitigation package for the coastal areas of the State. In its report on the draft Disaster Mitigation and Management Policy of Kerala-2006 tabled in the Assembly, the committee said the State …
Catch them young and make them grow, so goes the saying. Hazard a guess what this concept has got to do with disaster management in the State. Well, the district authorities have worked out ambitious plans to involve the student community and the youth in the implementation of disaster management …
Mumbai: As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season which will hit its shores today. The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains and said that it was unlikely very heavy rains would be experienced …
Netherlands has shown interest to work with Dhaka for supporting its climate change and disaster mitigation programmes. Outgoing Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Bea Ten Tusscher said this to Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque during her farewell meeting at the Secretariat yesterday. The Netherlands is a delta like Bangladesh, …
The State Government is all set to declare some more districts as drought affected due to deficit rainfall in the last few days. The final declaration to this effect is to be made tomorrow. Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Minister Revenue and Disaster Management, Dr Bhumidhar Barman, who came …
The Agriculture Department has submitted two proposals to the State Government suggesting measures for disaster management and calamity relief in view of the drought-like situation. Sources in the Department said that the disaster management action plan has proposed purchase of 832 of five HP capacity diesel pumpsets as permanent assets …
Benin has declared a state of emergency and called for international humanitarian aid after floods hit the south of the West African country. The government estimates that some 2,000 families have already been displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains and it appealed late Monday for immediate help to prevent …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Subject Committee Report on Disaster Management Policy has called for a change in Central calamity relief norms and the reworking of the relief measures laid down in the National Calamity Scheme. The report has also identified inadequate funds as the biggest hurdle in the smooth implementation of the …
A special report on "Aila", the cyclone that struck on May 25. Now, with 400 km-long embankment breached, people of Sunderbans live with threat of a high tide causing further damage. It calls for a long-term policy on behalf of the islanders for saving the Sunderbans. See Also Report: Boiling …
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) will make the Disaster Impact Assessment (DIA) report compulsory for all future development projects, Director General Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi said. He said this system will help identify suitable land for development projects and will also help to mitigate and prevent disasters to a greater …
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