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 …
This report captures a number of the good practices that emerged during the UN tsunami response in South India. The document represents part of the efforts to build and develop the UN
floods Kosi breach yet to be plugged The breach in the Kosi embankment that caused the devastating flood in Bihar may not be plugged before March 2009. The deadline for completion of the work was in November, but the state government extended it by four months. Though the government did …
REPRESENTATIVES of some NGOs and civil society organisations have underscored the need for involvement of the people and political forces in the implementation of the climate change action plan. Briefing the press they observed that the document prepared by the government namely, 'Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan' (BCCSAP) …
In a majestic release of bottled-up fury, the Kosi has swept across half of Bihar. The river has gone back to a course it once followed many years ago, inundating roadways and farmlands and leaving an estimated three million people homeless. None of the manmade structures meant to tame the …
This report by SDMC documents the indigenous knowledge of different communities living in multi-hazard zones Nepal, Sri Lanka and India. Shows that communities use the indigenous knowledge to anticipate natural hazard that afflicts them to prepare better to face the disaster. The SDMC-ADRC joint project, under the SAARC
This case study analyzes the costs and benefits of alternative strategies for mitigating the impact of drought on rural livelihoods in Uttar Pradesh. It explores both insurance mechanisms for spreading drought risk and, as an alternative, the development of groundwater irrigation for eliminating such risk. The case study presented here …
Bangladesh has a climate change action plan AT A UK-Bangladesh conference in London, Bangladesh launched its Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan in September. The uk agreed to provide
Bangladesh is a deltaic land. It is surrounded by Bay of Bengal on one side. It is also within the reach of Himalayan range. Three big and mighty rivers such as the Padma, the Jamuna and the Meghna flow through this plain land. So its geographical location has made Bangladesh …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has requested visiting Swedish fire experts to prepare Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for establishment of Integrated Emergency Command and Control Center (IECCC) at the CDA
Ongole Oct. 16: The incharge collector, Mr A. Dinakar Babu, on Thursday called upon the officials to be vigilant during floods and cyclones as Prakasam district has 102 km of seacoast. He said 18 cyclone shelters would be constructed in the district apart from the present 30 to serve people …
Can Bihar avert another Kosi disaster? On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar
Completion of the Hanuman Nagar barrage on March 31, 1963, was considered a feat. A few months later the first breach in the Kosi embankment happened near Dalwa village in Nepal, a few kilometres from the border with India. Celebrations for the completion of the project were still on when …
drought and flood have affected Sangli district in Maharashtra at the same time. Four tehsils are under floodwaters, while five others face crop loss due to lack of water. The district administration and irrigation department officials said the present situation was because of uneven rainfall in the district. Experts, however, …
Integrated watershed management is aimed at minimizing the rate of sediment flow in the streams being harnessed for hydro power generation. The main aim of the Catchment Area Treatment Plan is to rejuvenate various potential and degraded ecosystems in the catchment area for longevity of the underground balancing reservoir storage …
Pregnant women after walking barefoot for tens of kilometres delivered babies without medical help. The babies were given names synonymous with devastation. Dukhni Devi of Sahuria village in Purnia gave birth to a girl at the Banmankhi relief camp in Purnia but feared her husband had been washed away. She …
A baffled Bihar is struggling to provide food and shelter to three million people rendered homeless by a flood that swept through five districts. The Down To Earth team travels across the areas inundated by the Kosi in Bihar and Nepal to grasp the impact and concludes that the flood …
