An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian island of Java in the early hours of May 27, 2006. More than 135,000 houses were destroyed and an estimated 647,000 people were

Post tsunami relief work in Sri Lanka is bogged down by corruption, inefficiency and political machinations

Ignores to far has been reactive; not much

disaster management bill: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil recently introduced the Disaster Management Bill, 2005 in the Rajya Sabha. It is considered a major step towards streamlining mitigation

Amongst the tsunami affected in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Post Tsunami Sri Lanka traverses the snag infested path to disaster management

Government wakes up to the need for disaster management

Women of Latur exemplify how people alone can put an end to their misery

For appropriate disaster management, it is essential to give due importance to political, social, economic as well as environmental aspects. Ignoring any one of them will only compound the crisis

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