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 …
Millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia who need pasture and water for their livestock face acute food shortages because of poor rains, a US-based monitoring unit said on Friday. In a report on the three East African countries, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) said about 2 …
The main aim of this Policy is establishing principles and guidelines on various aspects of Disaster Management and making the people increasingly resilient to disaster. The focus is on reducing disaster risks and vulnerability through strengthening of government and non-government organizations, physical infrastructures and the capacities of the communities in …
The objectives of the Disaster Management Plan are to ensure that disaster management is organised to facilitate planning, preparedness, operational coordination and community participation.
Alarmed at the bamboo flowering in Mizoram and Tripura, the Central Government has envisaged a comprehensive action plan to tackle the bamboo flowering in the north-eastern States. Under the plan, a number of schemes amounting to Rs 366 crore will be implemented. The Ministry of Forest and Environment has constituted …
The Disaster Management Act, 2005 has been enacted as the central Act to deal with the management of disasters. This act envisaged a three tier Disaster Management structure in India at National, States and District levels.
THE Union ministry of home affairs recently introduced the Disaster Management Bill (DMB) 2005 in the Rajya Sabha. The bill is being considered a major step in streamlining appropriate mitigation measures and better preparedness for disaster. The bill gives short shrift to issues relating to the participation of local bodies …
I remember many years ago receiving a call from a bbc journalist asking which villages in India should they visit to see the impacts of climate change. This was the early 1990s. I was puzzled and asked "is climate change here?" Finally the television crew decided to shoot urban fires …
Thousands of children face severe malnutrition in southeastern Madagascar and 1,600 could soon die if they do not receive emergency food aid, a government official said. Emergency Council Secretary-General Jacki Randindrarison said the government had appealed for aid to avert a famine in the drought-prone Vangaindrano district and was rushing …
work is underway to create a gis database for 170 flood, earthquake and hazard prone districts as the Indian Space Research Organisation (isro) puts together information provided by Survey of India and the Central Water Commission. The data bank will contain spatial data with maps and non-spatial data or details …
On October 8, 2005, a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, rocked Pakistan and India's northern border. More than 30,000 died and there was widespread damage. The death toll is still rising as Down To Earth goes to press. The quake lasted for over a minute and its …
Lake Nyos in western Cameroon is waiting to spill carbon dioxide that would choke entire communities along its shores. A similar disaster asphyxiated hundreds of cattle and killed over 1,700 people in 1986. Scientists explain that gas bubbling up from the Earth's magma is under tremendous pressure at the bottom …
"Rainfall and floods are annual features in many parts of the country. Instead of thinking on interlinking of rivers only during flood and drought, it's time we implement this programme with a great sense of urgency. We need to make an effort to overcome various hurdles in our way to …
after rains, it is pouring committees, commissions and fact-finding teams in Mumbai: the Mithi River Development and Protection Agency, an eight member fact-finding team; a team lead by Pune-based Central Water and Power Research Station (cwprs), another three member fact-finding committee; the Maharashtra Disaster Management Authority. These committees have almost …
Flood Hazard Mapping is a vital component for appropriate land use planning in flood-prone areas. It creates easily-read, rapidly-accessible charts and maps which facilitates the administrators and planners to identify areas of risk and prioritize their mitigation/ response efforts. This article presents an efficient methodology to accurately delineate the flood-hazard …
Romania is facing its worst flood in almost 50 years due to continuous heavy rainfall. The disaster has hit 31 of the country's 41 counties in the past two weeks. Over 11,000 people in 108 cities and towns have already been evacuated. Hundreds remain isolated. More than 550 bridges and …
Remnants of an ancient civilization have emerged in Amreli district of Gujarat as the waters of the Shetrunji river receded after the recent floods. The fury of the Shetrunji
An year-old Bombay High Court order and four deadline extensions later, the civic administration announced it was set to dump its eight-year-old dumpers and six other category of vehicles including compactors, meat-vans and dog-vans. The BMC will acquire the 100-odd new replacements by the end of October.
