Context This article discusses the increasing frequency of floods occurring due to various causes which necessitates appropriate flood management and suggests measures to tackle flood. What are floods? Sudden submergence or inundation of land area with water is called a …
Context: The deaths and destruction by landslides in Himachal Pradesh recently have led to much-needed attention on the Himalayan ecosystem. This article highlights the need for building resilience against geohazards caused by different causative factors like natural processes, environmental degradation …
Context: The deaths and destruction by landslides in Himachal Pradesh recently have led to much-needed attention on the Himalayan ecosystem. This article highlights the need for building resilience against geohazards caused by different causative factors like natural processes, environmental degradation …
Context The town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand is witnessing an unprecedented crisis. Wide Cracks have appeared on the roads and on several residential and commercial buildings in the town. Authorities have declared Joshimath as a landslide and subsidence-hit zone. Himalayan …
What’s in the news? The seventh ‘Operation Dost’ flight reached Syria with over 23 tons of relief material. The relief material includes gensets, solar lamps, emergency and critical care medicines, and disaster relief consumables. Operation Dost is an ongoing search …
What is Bomb Cyclone? Storms can form when a mass of low-pressure air meets a high-pressure mass. The air flows from high pressure to low, creating winds. What defines a bomb cyclone is how rapidly the pressure drops in the …