Disaster Preparedness

On shaky ground

Alok Kumar Gupta Nearly half a million people living in and around the Jharia coalfield in Jharkhand have to be shifted to control underground fires. But the government has no sound strategy for their rehabilitation and the people have no trust in the government Kujama village in Jharkhand

Publication Date:

30/03/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20090331

pp:

21

Tags:

Mining, Mining Accident, Coal, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Rehabilitation, Relocation, Unemployment, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry of Coal, Dhanbad (D), Jharkhand, Coal India

Mining

Slow and unsteady

It is doubtful the master plan will see the light of the day The relocation plan would have made more sense if it was done soon after a committee set up by the energy ministry in 1976 found underground fire active in the Jharia coalfield. Then, bccl did not even consider relocation. The Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (jrda), responsible for shifting non- bccl

Publication Date:

30/03/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20090331

pp:

21

Tags:

Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, Coal, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Rehabilitation, Relocation, Supreme Court, Ministry of Coal, Dhanbad (D), Jharkhand, Coal India

Natural Disasters

Training prog on flood, earthquake risk mitigation held

KALIABOR, March 23

Publication Date:

24/03/2009

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Assam, Nagaon (D)

Climate Change

Japan, ADB help Bangladesh tackle climate change challenges

Bangladesh is to receive support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan to tackle the huge challenges posed by climate change over the coming decades.

Publication Date:

19/03/2009

Source: New Nation (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh, Japan, Food Security

Natural Disasters

Sri Lankan delegation to conduct feasibility study on disaster preparedness in Sumatra

Five countries including Sri Lanka are to send their delegations to conduct a feasibility study on the disaster preparedness in Padang, West Sumatra.

Two delegates from each of the five countries, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, will participate at this meeting, executive director of the Indonesian Tsunami Alert Community (KOGAMI), Patra Rina Dewi said.

Publication Date:

15/03/2009

Source: Colombo Page (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Disaster Preparedness, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India

Habitat And Urbanisation

Helipads to come up in coastal regions

New Delhi (PTI): Government has given the green signal for construction and operation of helipads in coastal regions as well rooftops of high rise buildings near coasts with an aim to carry out relief and rescue operations during natural calamities.

However, keeping in view the environment sensitive nature of the coastal region, no commercial activities will be allowed.

Publication Date:

13/03/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Coastal Development, Disaster Preparedness, Coastal Regulations

Climate Change

Extreme events and disasters: managing the risks

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has initiated work on a Special Report entitled

Publication Date:

01/03/2009

Author(s): & et al, Vicente Barros, Jean Jouzel, Amjad Abdulla

Source: IPCC Secretariat

Tags:

Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, India, Global

Climate Change

Catalyzing climate and disaster resilience: processes for identifying tangible and economically robust strategies

The economic benefits to society of investing in disaster risk management substantially exceed the costs. Appropriately designed risk reduction strategies represent a sound

Publication Date:

01/03/2009

Author(s): & et al, Ajaya Dixit, Marcus Moench, Elizabeth Fajber

Source: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition

Tags:

Cost Benefit Analysis, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Drought, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Uttar Pradesh, Floods

Natural Disasters

Chemical disaster management

This document on chemical disaster management contains detailed descriptive lectures, talks of holistic disaster management (DM) framework, integration of chemical risk to holisitc and multi-hazard risk management, site assessment, legal framework, district level DM planning, as well as capacity building.

Publication Date:

01/03/2009

Author(s): Anil K. Gupta, Sreeja S. Nair, Shri Shard

Source: National Institute of Disaster Management

Tags:

Chemical Industry, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, India

Natural Disasters