Top Indian metros like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under the country's moderate to highrisk seismic zones, the National Disaster Management Authority says.
"Earthquakes are a major concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and 38 cities fall under moderate to high risk-seismic zones," said NDMA vice-chairman Shashidhar Reddy.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/top-metros-moderate-high-risk-seismic-zones
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/calcutta-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-institute-technology-iit
