The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a systematic qualitative analysis of the costs and benefits of constructing embankments in the lower Bagmati River basin, which stretches across the Nepal Tarai and into northern Bihar. This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of both structural flood …
BHUBANESWAR: A new mobile-based application, designed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will now generate accurate geo-spatial data on magnitude of disaster and help assessment leading to an effective management strategy in the country. It
Tamil Nadu to undo plantations to save Olive Ridley turtles THE Tamil Nadu revenue department has sanctioned money to uproot casuarinas planted with World Bank fund along the coast because they were affecting the nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley Turtles. In January, Chennai-based Students
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 …
The Pacific region is prone to natural disasters, experiencing droughts, earthquakes, floods, cyclones, landslides, sea surges, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Each Pacific developing member country (PDMC) faces a different set of risks and potential losses with respect to natural disasters. An increased awareness of climate change issues in the Pacific …
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad will host the first World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM-2008) from October 21 to 24 organised by the Disaster Management, Infrastructure and Control Society (DMICS). The Andhra Pradesh government and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) are the co-hosts. The venue is the National Academy of Construction here. Former …
Speakers at a press conference yesterday called for raising awareness among the people about the worst possible impact of climate change in the Bangladesh. They said it is a must to involve the common people in risk reduction management through their empowerment. The press conference was organised by NGO Coordination …
Tens of billions of dollars must be spent on protecting millions of people living on the coasts of Asia Pacific if climate change-induced disasters are not to wreak havoc and eradicate decades of development, warns World Vision. The World Vision report not only looks at the latest research around climate …
The Government of India have adopted mitigation and prevention as essential components of their development strategy. The Tenth Five Year Plan document has a detailed chapter on Disaster Management. The plan emphasizes the fact that development cannot be sustainable without mitigation being built into developmental process. Each State is supposed …
The India Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology, seismology and allied subjects.
Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) was set up by the Government of Orissa as an autonomous organization vide Finance Department Resolution No. IFC- 74/99-51779/F dated the 28th December 1999 ( in the intermediate aftermath of the Super-cyclone in 1999). It was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on …
Data Against Natural Disasters seeks to provide the analytical tools needed to enhance national capacity for disaster response. The editors and authors begin with an overview that summarizes key lessons learned from the six country case studies in the volume. Next, they outline the data needs that arise at different …
Crumbling schools in earthquake-prone Himalayas The afternoon of May 12 will haunt memories of parents of school going children of Sichuan Province in China for years. Thousands of children perished under the collapsed buildings of their schools as an earthquake measuring more than 7.9 on the Richter scale jolted the …
Disaster management has assumed unprecedented importance these days with the realisation that the destructive impact of any disaster can be mitigated to a great extent if the necessary preparedness is there. While it is impossible to stop the occurrence of natural disasters like earthquake or tsunami or even floods, the …
monsoon has hit Mumbai. And the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) is busy assuring people that its disaster-preparedness is foolproof. The corporation has guaranteed residents that its rescue team will reach flooded spots within three minutes of the information received. But the ground work is far from over
The Rs.253-crore flood prevention project, to strengthen the bunds of the Cauvery, Coleroon and other rivers in Tiruchi, Karur and combined Perambalur districts, would be completed within two years, Public Works Department Minister Durai Murugan has said. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would lay the foundation stones for this and three …
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday blamed the public-sector North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) for the flash floods in Lakhimpur district of eastern Assam on Saturday. NEEPCO had released water from its Ranganadi hydel project dam in Arunachal Pradesh without any warning. "The flash floods in Lakhimpur on …
