Disaster Management

Disaster Management in India

A National Contingency Action Plan (CAP)for dealing with contingencies arising in the wake of natural disasters has been
formulated by the Government of India and it had been eriodically updated. It facilitates the launching of relief operations without delay. The CAP identifies the initiatives required to be taken by various Central Ministries/Departments in

Publication Date:

28/06/2004

Source: Ministry of Home Affairs

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Droughts, Floods, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, India

Agriculture

Success in a fistful of rice

Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought

Publication Date:

29/04/2004

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Water Harvesting, Drought, Famine, Disaster Management, Women, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Portents are gloomy

Karnataka is in the grip of severe drought for the third year running, and the extended dry spell has left the state parched. That the situation is serious can be gauged from the fact that industries

Publication Date:

30/03/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drought, Disaster Management, India, Karnataka

Environment

Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care

K SEKAR, assistant professor, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences NIMHANS , Bangalore, talks to NEELAM SINGH about psychosocial distress among survivors of the Latur and Osmanabad earthquake ten years since the tragedy, and the role of

Publication Date:

14/03/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040315

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Effects, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Mental Health, Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore (D)

India

Caught napping, again

Retreating monsoon leaves trail of death and destruction across much of India

Publication Date:

14/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Floods, Drought, Disaster Management, India, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha), Uttar Pradesh

India

Learning from the Gujarat quake

It is more than two years since the terrible earthquake struck Gujarat. In this period the catastrophe struck areas have witnessed rehabilitation work on an enormous scale. The Disaster Mitigation Institute, an Ahmedabad based community action hub, evalua

Publication Date:

14/06/2003

Author(s): Mihir R Bhatt

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030615

pp:

0

Tags:

Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, NGO, India, Gujarat

Mining

Shaken and stirred

Report focuses on Orissa cyclone s mind jolting fallout

Publication Date:

30/05/2003

Author(s): Satyasundar Barik

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Cyclones, Disaster Management, Orissa (Odisha)

Natural Disasters

Trends in tropical cyclone impact - A study in Andhra Pradesh, India

In this paper, a review on worldwide literature on trends in tropical cyclone frequency, intensity, and impact, with special reference to the North Indian Ocean Basin, that is, the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.

Publication Date:

01/05/2003

Author(s): S. Raghavan, S. Rajesh

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

pp:

635-644

Tags:

Cyclones, Andhra Pradesh, Natural Disasters, Indian Ocean, Bay Of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Disaster Management

India

Picking up the pieces

BATYA POREY ALORAN (STIRRINGS AFTER THE CYCLONE) . Sumit Chowdhury . Produced by Action Aid . 80 minutes Argues Kolkata-based documentary film maker Sumit Chowdhury, "destruction after any

Publication Date:

14/11/2002

Author(s): Manjira Majumdar

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Floods, Cyclones, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, Orissa (Odisha)

Industry