Natural Disasters

Second in 10 days: Sikkim quake leaves Delhi shaken

Strong tremors were felt in North and Northeast India as an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the Sikkim-Nepal border around 6.11pm on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sikkim, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Gangtok, Jharkhand
Economy

134 urban development schemes cleared for NE

AIZAWL, Sep 18 (IANS): The central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
North East, Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Arunachal, Infrastructure Development, Poverty, Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Slum Upgrading, Census 2011
Natural Disasters

Quake rocks northeast, seven killed in Sikkim

Two killed in Bihar, three in West Bengal; tremors felt in 10 States; Manmohan monitoring developments

The northern and eastern parts of the country were jolted on Sunday after a powerful earthquake hit the Sikkim-Nepal border with a magnitude of 6.8 at 6.10 p.m., leaving at least 17 persons dead and more than 100 injured, besides causing extensive damage to buildings and roads.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
P. Sunderarajan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sikkim, Bihar, West Bengal, Earthquakes, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Nepal, Assam, Gangtok, Meghalaya, Tripura, Rajasthan, Delhi, Natural Disasters
Environment

Green films to vie for awards

Nominations out for CMS Vatavaran; results in December

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Awards, Environment, Punjab, Sikkim, NGO
Economy

Growth story: Punjab, Himachal, Haryana among top 10 states

Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana rank among the top 10 states in a report released by the RICS India and the Institute for Competitiveness.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2011
Sanjeev Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Economy, Delhi, Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram, Kerala, Gujarat, Bihar, Environment, Climate Change, Economic Development, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Climate Change

Monitoring Sikkim Himalayan Cryosphere

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Smriti Basnett, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P.Rathore
Tags:
Sikkim, Himalaya, North East, Climate Change, Glaciers, Rivers

Monitoring Sikkim Himalayan Cryosphere

Monitoring Sikkim Himalayan Cryosphere -International Symposium  - Benefiting from Earth Observation  4-6 October, 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Smriti Basnett, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P.Rathore
International S0ymposium - Benefiting from Earth Observation
Tags:
Sikkim, Himalaya, North East, Climate Change, Climate Science, Remote Sensing, Rainfall, Monsoons
Wildlife

Assessing mammal distribution and abundance in intricate eastern Himalayan habitats of Khangchendzonga, Sikkim, India

We assessed distribution and abundance of mammals in dense, rugged eastern Himalayan habitats of Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (BR), Sikkim, India, from April 2008 to May 2010, using field methods and remote cameras under varying rain and snow conditions. We report the occurrence of 42 mammals including 18 species that have high global conservation significance.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Sambandam Sathyakumar, Tawqir Bashir, Tapajit Bhattacharya & et al
Mammalia
75
3
257-268
Tags:
Mammals, Eastern Himalaya, Kanchanjunga, Sikkim, North East, Biosphere Reserves, Remote Sensing, Leopard, Wolves
Climate Change

Rapid, cost-effective and high resolution assessment of climate-related vulnerability of rural communities of Sikkim Himalaya, India

With impacts of climate change becoming increasingly visible locally, identification of areas vulnerable to climate change risks is emerging as an urgent policy need. The present study responds to this requirement by identifying the most vulnerable villages using a rapid, cost-effective and highresolution methodology. We provide a preliminary, village-level, climate-related vulnerability assessment of the rural communities in Sikkim, India.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2011
S. Tambe, M. L. Arrawatia, N. T. Bhutia & et al
Current Science
101
2
165-173
Tags:
Climate Change, Sikkim, Himalaya, Eastern Himalaya, North East, Remote Sensing, Climate Adaptation, Rural Habitat, Climate Impacts
Dams/ Irrigation

Probe cry on green nod

The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (Siblac) today wrote to Union environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan, objecting to the clearance granted to a 99MW hydel power project on the Rathung Chu, a river considered holy by the Sikkimese.

The committee contends that the clearance was given despite the ministry of environment and forests stating earlier that it had not received any pro

Publication Date: 
22/07/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Rivers, Hydroelectricity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wildlife, Gangtok

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