The earth does not recognise a “rollback.” While policymakers revert the Himalayas to lower seismic zones to favour the builder lobby, the tectonic strain continues to build. The recent withdrawal of the IS 1893:2025 amendments is a retrogressive step that trades future lives for current profits. It is time for the Himalayan states and the scientific community to break their silence and demand codes that reflect reality, not “convenience.
Seismic gap
Enhancing Seismic Resilience: Delhi NCR’s Race Against the Central Himalayan Gap
The Afghan earthquake is a chilling reminder of the Central Seismic Gap threatening Delhi NCR. This article details the urgent strategies required, from a National Retrofitting Fund to code enforcement, to avert a major urban catastrophe.
Mounting Earthquake Risk in Uttarakhand
Ignorance or indifference, be what we are faced with mounting earthquake risk in Uttarakhand and but for immediate and serious corrective measures we are to face disastrous consequences.
1803 Garhwal Earthquake: Implications for western UP and NCR
The seismic tremors Severe ground shaking was felt over northern and eastern India from Punjab to Calcutta in the early hours of September 1, 1803. But for some sketchy written accounts of the damage incurred at certain places and that too with reference to some prominent structures, there exist no means of assessing the destruction […]