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Gujarat state is prone to disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, drought, etc. These disasters have over the years caused extensive damage to life and property, in turn adversely impacting the economic development.

In a last-ditch bid to save their dying crops, farmers of drought affected Namunda village in Haryana breached the Delhi-Rewari canal recently. They resorted to this extreme step to

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The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns and cities are laid out. In its aftermath, hastily framed laws on earthquake resistant structures and ambigui

delhi is the third most quake-prone city in the world and an estimated 38,000 people would die if a powerful earthquake hits it. Building collapse will cause half the deaths. The toll may mount

The term cyclone includes all tropical storms. They start as swirls of cloud and rain that eventually intensify into storms.The Indian sub-continent is the worst affected part in the world. Although

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