Status report of March 7, 2024 on behalf of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in compliance of NGT order, November 19, 2024. An application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the newspaper report, November 4, 2024 published in Hindustan Times "New waste mounds creep up on capital". The news …
Increasing the resilience of buildings to natural hazards is essential as we strive to design more sustainable cities. Earthquakes pose considerable risks, as they have caused the highest number of casualties due to natural hazards in the last decade. During the second half of the century, more than 75 % …
The Delhi government’s draft disaster management plan warns that should a powerful earthquake strike the national capital, it would wreck more devastation than a nuclear bomb explosion. Six minor earthquakes in 10 days sometimes is the precursor to a large one. The current local seismic behaviour is very similar to …
MUMBAI: The BMC has declared 542 buildings across the city as dilapidated and very dangerous among which 113 very dangerous structures are said to be existing in L ward which includes areas like Kurla and Chunabatti. However only 1 building has been declared as very dangerous in C ward which …
As Nepal reels under devastating earthquake, experts today warned that Indian cities like Delhi could suffer heavy casualties even in case of moderate tremors while pointing out the lapses in the building regulations of the country. Noting that the condition and quality of Indian building stock is "poor", Centre for …
Houses collapsed in Kyirong county. In this picture, volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the earthquake hit Kathmandu. AP Houses collapsed in Kyirong county. In this picture, volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the …
The India Disaster Report 2013 documents the major disasters of the year with focus on the Uttarakhand Flash Floods and the Cyclone Phailin. Other disasters like building collapse and stampede have also been covered besides the biological disaster (Japanese Encephalitis). The lessons learnt in these disasters provide us a bench-mark …
Elizabeth Hausler aims to bring quake-resistant construction to the developing world : Interview. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028138.300-quake-engineer-earthquakes-dont-kill-buildings-do.html
On the anniversary of Haiti's devastating quake, Nicholas Ambraseys and Roger Bilham calculate that 83% of all deaths from building collapse in earthquakes over the past 30 years occurred in countries that are anomalously corrupt.
The State government on Monday told High Court that the draft Goa Land Development and Building Constructions Regulations (GLDBCR), 2008, has been finalised. The State government in its affidavit stated that GLDBCR, 2008 has been finalised and notified in the Official Gazette on September 9, 2010. It also stated that …
Adverse conditions such as ground contamination, high temperature, humidity, fluctuating temperature and relative humidity can reduce the life span of the structure, says A.R.Santhakumar Determinant: A major factor influencing the service life of concrete structures is the nature of exposure conditions. Generally Reinforced concrete apartment buildings in India lasts only …
A former senior environmental agency official strongly denied allegations that the Environmental Protection Agency (epa) had given false information about the air and water quality near the World Trade Center (wtc) after 9/11. Christie Todd Whitman, epa administrator in 2001, was speaking at a hearing of the us congressional panel. …
A recent study into the health effects of dust after the collapse of the World Trade Centre has linked the tragedy to a fatal lung disease. The study that came out on May 7 found that a rare type of lung-scarring condition was contracted at a higher rate amongst rescue …
Some common failures in construction make buildings in hilly areas vulnerable to quakes. l Random rubble stone masonry bearing walls. These collapse easily as there is no interlocking to hold them together. l A large number of gable walls (the triangular part of a wall that supports sloped-roofs) collapse, partially …
THIS 2-part video documentary critically examines the donor and government reconstruction programme following the devastating earthquake of September 1993 in the Osmanabad and Latur districts in Maharashtra. In the 1st part, it examines the donor agency-sponsored housing relocation programme and reviews the validity of the decision to relocate the 52 …
