Teesta dams: A recipe for disaster?

The Gujarat 2001 earthquake drove home the point that cities built on river alluvium and sand are likely to suffer maximum damage from an …

Home truths

Buildings in India rarely follow quake codes

The rubble speaks

Earthquakes may have played a major role in the destruction of 50 well-known ancient cities

House made of thermocol

After 7.9 shock

The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …

Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

The last 125 km

North-East

Assam-type solution

Chaotic response to calamity

The killer quake struck unexpectedly in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …

Kangra safe corners

The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …

Shale gas: dubious game-changer

If disaster strikes

Is India ready for a Japan-like catastrophe?

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

On the trail of tsunami

Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

According to Report

Downstream of India

Tehri: is it curtains?

The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti-dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does …

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

If not now

Then when?

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How well do we know our ocean?

Go under

Or, follow coastal regulations