Disaster Management

Building to resist quakes

Vilasrao B Salunke, father of the pani panchayat concept in the drought-prone Marathwada region in Maharashtra, has evolved quake-resistant houses in areas affected by the September 30 earthquake.

Publication Date:

29/11/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Housing, Rehabilitation, Maharashtra

Agriculture

The killer quake struck unexpectedli in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief were prompt, they were uncoordinated. And, several people just stood around watching

Publication Date:

30/10/1993

Author(s): Uday Shankar

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19931031

pp:

0

Tags:

Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Rural Habitat, Mud, Maharashtra

India

Trunks from houses

When disaster struck the Tehri-Garhwal region in Uttar Pradesh last year, several voluntary agencies rushed in to offer rehabilitation services. The most popular form of assistance was to "adopt"

Publication Date:

30/01/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, India

India

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on remote sensing for resource mapping and the monitoring of natural disasters.

Publication Date:

29/11/1992

Author(s): Koshy Cherail

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921130

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Disaster Management, Space Technology, Remote Sensing, India

Health

Furious floods

THREE thousand people are feared dead in flash floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern Afghanistan in the first week of September. A nine metre-high tidal wave brought torrents

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Floods, Flood Relief, Disaster Management, Afghanistan

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