The earth shook. The floor I was sitting on was shaking for about 5 seconds. I was in my world when I was shaken by ...
05:40 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Kathmandu: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country. Singh, who is in Nepal to attend the three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, called on President Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad was also present at the meeting. Singh during the brief meeting wished "for...
09:51 AM, Apr 05, 2012
The exercise is being carried out by the National Disaster Management Authority at more than 300 locations. ...
12:46 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: The ramshackle neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere. If a major earthquake were to strike India's seismically vulnerable capital, these neighbourhoods - India's most crowded - would collapse into an apocalyptic...
11:48 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi will witness one of the biggest coordinated mockdrills on Wednesday through which preparedness of various agencies will be checked by creating simulated situations across the city involving schools, colleges, metro network, malls, markets, hospitals and road transport. A number of metro stations will be closed for up to half-an-hour and road traffic will be converted in many areas of Central, South and North Delhi as part of...
07:50 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Amid concerns over the Koodankulam nuclear power project, the National Disaster Management Authority has said safety measures at all atomic plants in the country were in place but admitted earthquakes at these sites cannot be completely ruled out. "Earthquake is a matter of great concern to us, especially in the six nuclear states of the country. The list of seismically vulnerable places is being constantly revised. "You cannot...
10:40 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has made arrangements for airlifting 68 tourists from the state who are stranded at Lachung, one of the worst quake-hit areas of Sikkim. West Bengal Disaster Management secretary Indevar Pandey told on Tuesday that helicopters would be engaged to bring the stranded tourists to Siliguri in West Bengal on Wednesday. He said a decision had also been taken to constitute block-level technical committees comprising engineers...
08:45 PM, Sep 20, 2011
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Vice Chancellor Shashidhar Reddy said they were monitoring the earthquake situation in Sikkim. ...
09:24 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Melbourne: As Queensland government grapples with the billion dollar bill for recovery from recent natural disasters, the state has been put on alert that yet another major cyclone may be on the way. The category 1 tropical cyclone Dianne was about 385 km northwest of Exmouth early on Thursday and was expected to take a more southerly track during the day. The Bureau of Meteorology said if Dianne moves closer...
03:41 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Colombo: Over one million people have been displaced by flooding in north-central and north-eastern Sri Lanka, officials said on Sunday, as monsoon rains fell for the sixth consecutive day. The floods were widespread and were affecting roads, agricultural land and town centres, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. According to officials based in the area, the death toll has reached more than 13. But the DMC said on Sunday it...
07:01 PM, Feb 06, 2011
The Home Minister also suggested using aircraft to reach accident sites. ...
02:47 PM, Jul 21, 2010
The Home Minister also suggested using aircraft to reach accident sites. ...
02:47 PM, Jul 21, 2010
India is set to emerge as an international disaster mitigation hub. ...
02:18 AM, Oct 20, 2009
Kosi embankment tore up in April, but repairs were ignored. ...
02:55 AM, Sep 22, 2008
While the official death toll stands at 54, ground report says it's at least 2000. ...
05:08 AM, Sep 02, 2008
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