More than 110 persons have been killed and numbers much larger are still missing in a wildfire that engulfed the town of Lahaina in Hawaii, US. The death count is really big, and yet no questions are being raised over organisational structure, planning, preparedness, and other related issues that would have crippled the responders in […]
Out Risk Taking Behaviour
Despite gifted with sensing dangers, we fall prey to positivity bias and ignore safety measures – thus inviting damage, loss and misery. So for bringing forth disaster resilience we have to do away with our evolutionary programming through sustained and well designed advertising strategy.
Electrocution at Chamoli in Uttarakhand
Operator of the Namami Gange Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) operated by Jal Sansthan at Chamoli in Uttarakhand, Shri Ganesh was reportedly electrocuted on 18 July, 2023. Police team along with officials of Jal Sansthan and locals went to the incident site for inquest related formalities of the deceased on 19 July 2023 around 1130 hrs. […]
आपदा की चेतावनी और राहत
Should disaster warning service subscription not be made mandatory for availing life insurance claim and admissible relief benefit? If not anything else this would ensure wider dissemination of disaster warnings that in turn would help reduce the toll of disasters.
Managing Alarming Rise in Road Accidents in India
With alarming increase in road accident related human life loss in our country, it becomes necessary to review the underlying causes and prepare a sound strategy for increasing awareness about road safety measures by encouraging people to follow traffic rules, wear seat belts and helmets while driving, and avoid drunk driving. Addressing reckless driving culture prevalent in our country is also essential.
Regulate high altitude pilgrimage
In the evening hours – on the trek route to Hemkund Sahib – glimpse of the crowd of tired but satisfied people slowly stepping down to reach the road head is commonplace. Some of these are in groups, but then some prefer travelling solo and maintain distance. Others like to gossip and share experiences – […]
आपदाओं का होना या ना होना हमारे हाथ
Disasters are caused by the process of slowly accruing vulnerability due to human actions and decisions, and certainly not by nature.
खुशियों को तौलने का सबब
एक तरफ जी 20 की अगुवाई तथा संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद में स्थाई सदस्यता की पैरवी, तो वही दूसरी तरफ वैश्विक भुखमरी सूचकांक में 121 देशो में हम पीछे से 15वे स्थान पर और इस सूची में उत्तरी कोरिया, इथियोपिया, सूडान, रवांडा, नाइजीरिया व कांगो जैसे देश हमसे ऊपर। इतना ही नहीं खुशियों के वैश्विक सूचकांक की 137 […]
Why is Joshimath sinking
Why is Joshimath sinking all of a sudden is an obvious question that comes to the mind of people following incidences in Uttarakhand. Piping of finer material embedded in the old slide material on the valley slope by the breach of some confined aquifer and accompanying distress seems to be the logical explanation. Scientific and technical institutions investigating the causes of distress are sure to add value to this assumption.
Imported cheetah vs desi guldar
Elementary history lessons are enough to tell us that all that comes from alien lands does not always have savour and flavour. Consequences of centuries of blatant loot by East India Company and later British Raj proves this – from global leader in manufacturing and exports commanding around 23 percent of the global economy at the beginning of the […]