Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
At least 146 families rendered homeless in the recent wave of flood at Lower Dibang Valley district with report of 103 dwellings being washed out by flood water. Under the direction of DC Ravi Dhawan, a team from District Disaster Management Agency headed by DDMO Alokong Perme and accompanied by …
Persistent floods have displaced between 2,000 to 3,000 households in South Sudan’s Jonglei state as a flood mitigation plan was being drafted. The mayor of Bor town, Nhial Majak Nhial, in a press address, appealed to communities to fully cooperate with the state authorities in their attempts to open water …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Lakhan Musafir & Others Vs Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited dated 01/09/2015 regarding Garudeshwar Weir project. The Applicants submit that Garudeshwar Weir project is a project spread out over vast land tracts, which is irreversible in nature and is bound …
Floods, landslides and a cyclone have made at least 180,000 people in Bangladesh homeless, with thousands living in makeshift shelters on river banks, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday. More than 1.5 million people have been hit by the disasters which destroyed …
The International Forum of Nongovernment Organisations in Nigeria, INGO, says nearly four million displaced people are "facing acute levels of hunger" and face difficulty eating every day. The group warns that the situation could worsen when the rains are over. It lists food, protection and livelihood as the "direst needs" …
The per capita disaster impact of the April 25 earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks was highest in the mountains and lowest in inner Tarai among the 14 most affected districts in the country. The poor socio-economic conditions of the mountain people who already live under conditions of poverty, inequality and …
Close to one million people have been affected and more than 100 killed in floods in Myanmar as on Sunday (9 August), with many low-lying areas in the southwestern delta still inundated. Two of the rivers receded a bit but could breach their banks again, reported local state-run media. Responding …
Over a million people have been affected by floods across Pakistan so far, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Thursday. Since the flash floods started ravaging various parts of the country in mid-July, at least 166 people have been killed and 128 injured. Besides, 8,471 houses and 2,976 …
Bowing to the pressure from farmers and environmental NGOs, Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited it is learnt to have decided to drop the idea of constructing a 38-km-long tunnel in the much-hyped 775 MW Luhri hydro project. Social activist Manshi Asher said Sutlej Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti activists have expressed …
Lrr — One hundred and seventy-eight people were displaced as heavy currents of water swept away 10 households in the Kiang West District of the Lower River Region. The deluge that happened on Saturday lasted for several hours and affected the villages of Sankandi, Kulikunda and Jamari. It also washed …
Overall, nearly 52 lakh people have been affected till now. On Sunday, the Army joined the relief and rescue operations in the state. With fresh discharge of water from barrages and continuing high tide, the flood situation in South Bengal remained grim on Monday, as the death toll mounted to …
The Shramik Mukti Dal, an organization fighting for the rights of displaced people, has decided to hold protests at the various dams in the state on August 9 to attract attention of the state government to their issues. Bharat Patankar, president of the organization has warned that the people displaced …
CM cuts short London trip as state deals with emergency-like situation. High velocity storms have flattened hundreds of houses, rendered over 800 people homeless and injured at least 12 people in three districts of West Bengal. Parts of Howrah, Burdwan and Nadia have also been affected owing to cyclone and …
Chhattisgarh and Odisha kept in dark, statutory public hearings not held and clearances never sought in 2 states Without completing the statutory public hearings in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar has done away with a stop-work order against the Polavaram dam, allowing construction work …
Over the last seven years, natural disasters have displaced one person every second. And, in 2014 alone, over 19 million people were forced to flee their homes because of floods, storms and earthquakes, according to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). “Latest historical models suggest that even …
Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday. Asia is particularly prone to natural disasters, accounting for almost …
This paper captures the policy processes leading to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Ordinance, 2014. It maps the role and the influence of the three primary stakeholders - Government, industry and landowners - at various stages of the evolution of the …
India is among top three Asian nations after the Philippines and China where large number of people have been displaced due to disasters as 19.3 million people were displaced globally last year alone, according to the latest estimates released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Latest figures from IDMC …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said "misgivings" about implementation of Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats have to be "done away" with and a call on it will be taken by August end. Javadekar said that barring commercial mining and polluting industries there will no restriction on doing business in …
These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Development Plan) Rules, 2015. They shall be applicable in cases where the Central Government is the appropriate government as per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in …
