Understanding Hazard in Disaster Management

A Hazard is a threat and future source of danger and has potential to cause harm to man, human activities, properties and environment in future.  The earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, landslides, accidents and other such events are examples of ..

Water Footprint: Concept of Blue Water, GreenWater, Grey Water

Water Footprint is a scientific term which means total amount of freshwater used directly and indirectly by an individual, community or a country over a period of time. It is a geographic indicator which shows the amount of water used/polluted ..

TSR Subramanian Committee Recommendations

In August 2014, the NDA Government  had set up a high-level committee to review the six environment laws in India and recommend specific amendments to bring them in line with current requirements. The committee was headed by the former cabinet secretary TSR ..

India’s Bioterrorism Preparedness

Bioterrorism is Intentional & deliberate release of biological agents (bacteria, viruses, or toxins) to cause mass illness or death of people, animals, or plants. It is said that if the 20th century was the century of physics, the 21st century will be ..

Uttarakhand Floods 2013

In June 2013, the hills of Uttarakhand were subjected to unusual intense rainfall (370 Millimetres recorded at Dehradun).  Instances of such extreme precipitation of 370 millimetres or more have been witnessed in July, August and September and also in January, ..

Drought Prone Area Programme

Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) is the “earliest area development programme” launched by the Central Government in 1973-74 to tackle the special problems faced by those fragile areas which are constantly affected by severe drought conditions. These areas are characterized ..