Phailin(g) to tell the story
The dead make a better story than the living. Failure of media to continue reporting Phailin will take the pressure off administration to provide …
Uttarakhand's displaced
'Policy dialogues around food security and climate adaptation need to draw from different disciplines'
Celia Petty is the co-founder and director of Evidence for Development (EfD), an UK-based organisation that specialises in research and capacity …
DTE Ground Report: Millions left destitute in northeastern Bangladesh three weeks after floods
Flood victims lacking basic essentials such as rice, fuel, cooking utensils; forced to live on roads
DTE Ground Report: Flood camps have become second homes for people in Assam
The administration has hardly done anything to address recurrent flooding; people consequently have been left on their own
J&K floods: ensure food and water reaches the last person, Supreme Court tells Centre
Apex court seeks status report on flood relief and rescue work carried out in the state
Floods in Nigeria: Building dams and planting trees among steps that should be taken to curb the damage
Some of the principal causes of flooding in Nigeria are rapid urbanisation, poor spatial planning and poor solid waste management
Blame global warming for Pakistan floods; here’s why
Study finds five-day & 60-day maximum rainfall events this season were once in a 100 years events
No respite for Odisha and Andhra from extreme rains, floods
Ongole town in Andhra receives 34 cm rains in one day; 68 people die in flood fury in two states. Raghuram Puvvada reports from Hyderabad and …
Floods and COVID-19: Tale of twin disasters
An episode that plays itself out every year: Assam is reeling under floods, yet again. As the COVID-19 pandemic silently rages in the background, …
Tsunami 2004: scientists move closer to understanding triggers for tsunamis
There are patterns and rules governing even the greatest earthquakes and tsunamis, helping scientists to anticipate them
Relief and rehabilitation is next big challenge
Cyclone Phailin leaves behind a trail of destruction; people complain they have received no relief supply
All about the new land acquisition Bill
Proposed law will replace the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 and unlike the British-era Act it provides for rehabilitation and resettlement as well
A decade after tsunami, people still await rehabilitation
Tamil Nadu government claims affected people rehabilitated, ground reality different
People in distress get little relief
Centre to give Rs 6,687 crore to Uttarakhand for building and reconstruction projects. How much of it will reach people?
Government considering pumping funds into Maheshwar dam
LIC expresses interest in funding project even as increased capital costs make power from the project too expensive
Promises broken, justice delayed
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors continue to suffer as court cases are delayed and government promises prove hollow
Rehabilitation of Uttarakhand disaster-affected top priority for new chief minister
People displaced by floods and landslides last summer spent harsh winter months in makeshift tents