India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclone, earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. The vulnerability in India is more compared to developed countries .This is resulting in huge loss in ...
Disaster management in IndiaAnand PatwardhanIIT-Bombay
With the exponential growth of industrialization in the last century, we have seen so many adverse effects on the earth like ozone layer depletion, more emission of poisonous gases to the atmosphere, global warming, climate changing etc. This has made our planet to more vulnerable to the ...
JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — As hundreds of rescue workers scoured muck-filled ravines and valleys on Tuesday looking for survivors after the sudden collapse of a Himalayan glacier, distraught relatives gathered at the disaster site to search for family members, almost resigned to the likelihood...
The article focuses on the need of more effective approach to disaster prevention in India in the wake of increased natural disasters affecting the country. Topics discussed include failure to prevent disasters and blaming factors like climate change and heavy rainfall for the disasters, failure of ...
“The rescue operation is almost over,” said JP Mishra, chief public relations officer at East Coast Railway, which has jurisdiction over the area where the derailment occurred. “Our first priority is to take care of the injured passengers and provide proper treatment by shifting them to h...
The disaster management cycle highlights the ongoing process by which governments, businesses, and civil society plan for and reduce the impact of disasters, react during and immediately following a disaster, and take steps to recover after a disaster has occurred. It consists of four phases: ...
India as a country is vulnerable to a number of disasters, from earthquakes to floods. Poor and weaker members of the society have always been more vulnerable to various types of disasters. Disasters result in unacceptably high morbidity and mortality amongst the affected population. Damage to infr...
Indian Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also expressed grief over the deaths and said his ministry officials were on the spot assisting in rescue and relief measures. "Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic train incident that occurred in Amritsar. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the ...
foreign ministries of countries including India, Brazil, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Türkiye, Bahrain and Iran, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Nurlan Yermekbayev and President of the Central American Parliament ...