The government has decided to extend stone apron and pitching along (Katcha Kharif) bund in district Kashmore, to protect agriculture land, buildings, communication, highway and other infrastructure from the heavy flood of River Indus. According to sources, main objective of the scheme was to ensure safety of the K.K Bund and earlier completion of the work before the coming flood season.

Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has taken the direly needed initiative to create awareness among its members regarding the importance of Disaster and Crises Management.

Ahmedabad/Bhuj: The new jail in this town on the Indo-Pak border is finally ready. The 100-year-old Bhuj jail had collapsed in the January 26 quake of 2001 and more than 150 inmates, including six Pakistanis, booked for smuggling RDX into Gujarat, had escaped.

Norway yesterday pledged aiding Bangladesh in social safety-net programmes and managing post-earthquake situation.

Mumbai: The government has pulled up Central Railway (CR) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for their lack of preparedness for the monsoon.

At the first pre-monsoon disaster management meeting on Friday, additional chief secretary (home) Chandra Iyengar had called officials from various state, central and semigovernment agencies.

The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) will establish two more seismic wave monitoring centres at Mahakanadarawa, Anuradhapura and Hakmana before the end of this year, to enhance the measuring capacity of earth tremors.