Experimenting with building design and construction precepts the people living in earthquake prone Himalayan region developed a construction algorithm with five distinct principles that ensured safety of structures during earthquake incidences. Ongoing tectonic movements, ensuing subduction of the Indian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, and their consequent collision resulted in the evolution of the Himalayan […]
Earthquake
XV Finance Commission: Disaster Risk Index
In accordance with the recommendations of the XIV Finance Commission (FC) to take note of disaster risk faced by the states so as to bring objectivity in resource allocation, the XV Finance Commission (FC) developed the disaster risk index (DRI) through a quantitative exercise wherein scores were assigned to the probability of hazards striking the states […]
Dolakha Earthquake of May 12, 2015
Tuesday May 12, 2015 I distinctly remember having experienced the violent shaking of Dolakha Earthquake. It was Tuesday May 12, 2015, and preparedness of the state governments to face an earthquake were being reviewed by the Ministry of Home Affairs through video conferencing. A routine exercise often undertaken ritualistically, particularly after major disaster events in […]