Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
This report presents a new approach to disaster risk management: ‘climate smart disaster risk management’ (CSDRM) approach. It is primarily for those working in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. It will also be critical reading for those working more broadly on vulnerability and poverty reduction programmes within or …
Natural disasters are a tragic interruption to the development process. Lives are lost, social networks are disrupted and capital investments are destroyed. And when development plans are laid and disaster strikes development funds are diverted to the emergency. Additional aid is directed to relief and reconstruction needs to get the …
Dhanbad, June 14: More people can now look forward to safer homes. After successfully shifting more than 200 people from underground fire affected areas of Jharia Coalfield region to Belgarhia, Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has now shifted its focus towards creating another township near Belgarhia. The new township would …
The AP Real Estate Developer's Association (APREDA) will enter into an agreement with the Project Directors of Housing of Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts, to take up construction of houses in the flood hit parts. A memorandum of understanding will be facilitated by Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation Ltd in the …
The embankments by the rivers of Rupsha and Shibsa are swarmed with temporary shelters housing the people affected by Cyclone Aila. Blue and orange plastic sheeting over their shabby make-shift huts can be seen from miles away while people sit idle waiting for the water to recede. Nobody imagined that …
The Andhra Pradesh Government has planned to construct about one lakh houses in six months for the recent flood victims in five districts of Kurnool, Mehbubnagar, Nalgonda, Guntur and Krishna. Announcing the biggest ever rehabilitation program for the flood victims, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said that each house will cost …
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Indonesia, which killed at least 42 people and forced thousands to flee buildings, is likely to rise, government agencies said early on Thursday morning. The 7.0 magnitude quake shook buildings in the capital Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon and flattened homes in villages …
More than 400 tsunami-affected families in Kalmunai, Ampara who lost their homes in the tsunami waves moved in to new houses in two apartment complexes in Periyaneelavani and at the Road Development Department and Irrigation Department housing complex. The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society initiated projects, built with funding and …
"The trends in disasters, particularly from climate change, are of enormous concern," said John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs. "We can only expect that this kind of trend is going to continue," he told a news conference. Holmes was speaking at the start of a four-day Global Platform for …
Hurricane Katrina victims around the Gulf Coast who were told to vacate their temporary trailers by the end of May will instead be allowed to buy them for $5 or less, White House officials announced on Wednesday. Eleven members of the Barthelemy family live in the FEMA trailer park in …
Nearly 12 lakh extremely poor people in 15 coastal districts of the country remain exposed to the fury of cyclone every year due to inadequate cyclone centre. Majority of the people who lost their lives in the in the cyclone Aila that battered 11 coastal districts a few days ago …
Nearly 200 people have been killed by a cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh and eastern India, while millions remained marooned by floodwater or forced to live in shelters. The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 130 following recovery of dozens of bodies Tuesday, newspapers and private television channels …
A cyclone slammed into parts of Bangladesh and eastern India on Monday, triggering tidal surges and flooding that forced some half a million people from their homes and killed almost three dozen people. Storm officials in coastal Bangladesh moved about 500,000 people to temporary shelters after they left their homes …
More than 5,500 tsunami affected orphaned children still remain in shelters around the country, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) revealed yesterday adding that it would launch a programme to seek guardians for these children. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatta also said that more than Rs. …
One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated a swathe of Myanmar, and with the monsoon rains setting in once more, survivors need increased international aid to prevent more deaths, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Cyclone Nargis swept across Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta and southern Yangon on May 2, 2008, killing nearly …
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) will spend Rs 4.5 billion on clean drinking water projects in quake affected areas during the next one and half year. According to the sources the funds would be spent in the affected areas on potable water projects while state-of-the-art testing laboratories would also …
