India Meteorological Department-An Analysis
With the India Meteorological Department getting its monsoon forecast wrong this year, its modelling has necessarily come under the spotlight. What goes wrong? In April, the IMD had predicted “near…
Pralay Sahayam
A multi-agency exercise was conducted on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake as the final event of ‘Pralay Sahayam’ in Hyderabad. The event demonstrated efforts of all central and state…
All you need to know about Assam floods
Floods wreak havoc in Assam every year, and this year has been no different. This year, floods caused by three long and heavy spells of rain since March have claimed…
India’s neglected waste management crisis
More than a year after the notification of the much-delayed Solid Waste Management Rules, cities and towns are in no position to comply with its stipulations, beginning with the segregation…
URBAN FLOODING AND ITS MANAGEMENT
INRODUCTION Flooding in general and urban flooding in particular is not a un- known event in world and in India. The un-even distribution of rain fall coupled with Mindless urbanisation,…
Leveraging various technologies to enhance the efficiency of the disaster risk management
The details of leveraging various technologies to enhance the efficiency of the disaster risk management efforts by the NDMA are as under: (a) National Disaster Management Services (NDMS) : National…