किसी भी आपदा के बाद औपचारिक प्रतिवादन बलों (formal response forces) को घटनास्थल तक पहुँचने में समय लगता है और मौसम व सम्पर्क की जटिलता के आधार पर यह समय कम या ज्यादा हो सकता है। ऐसे में ज्यादातर स्थितियों में प्राथमिक प्रतिवादन (first response) घटनास्थल के समीप स्थित समुदायों के साथ-साथ पुलिस, अग्नि शमन […]
Uttarakhand
Climate change induced flood in Uttarakhand
The USDMA team suggests intermittent damming as being the cause of devastating winter season flooding of Dhauliganga river on February 7, 2021.
Safety of construction workers
Construction workers are often killed in disaster incidence due to high vulnerability of their habitations. A comprehensive strategy in line with SFDRR priorities is however required to reduce disaster induced fatalities.
October heat & Uttarakhand disaster
Abnormal rainfall in the post-monsoon season of 2021 took toll of 82 human lives of which 22% were trekkers. This warrants a robust policy for high altitude trekking wherein safety of persons venturing to high altitude areas is ensured.
Sher-ka-Danda landslide of 1880
More than the devastation caused in Nainital town, Sher-ka-Danda landslide of September 18, 1880 needs to be remembered not only by Disaster Managers but also by the masses for prompt and detailed post-disaster investigations, and enactment of not only mitigation but also monitoring measures undertaken during the British Raj. 18 सितम्बर 1880 को नैनीताल में […]
Lessons from August 1894 LLOF of the Alaknanda valley
2021 – Lake in the Rishiganga valley Winter season flash flood in Rishiganga–Dhauliganga valley of Uttarakhand Himalaya on February 7, 2021 caused major devastation, particularly around the hydropower projects at Rini and Tapoban in Chamoli district. Geomorphic changes brought forth by the flash flood created a lake on Rishiganga river that has been the focus of post-disaster […]
Earthquakes warning from Uttarakhand – implications for UP and NCR
The inaugural Inaugurating the only functional regional earthquake early warning (EEW) system of the nation together with Uttarakhand Bhookamp Alert, a mobile application for accessing the earthquake warnings and other earthquake risk reduction related information, at Uttarakhand Secretariat in Dehradun in the forenoon of August 4, 2021, the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated the […]
Avalanche threat: Real or hoax
While it is still a long way for the costal areas to recover from Tauktae, and Yaas cyclones that hit western, and eastern coast of India in quick succession, possibility of an avalanche has been expressed by some vernacular newspapers in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. And believe me, this avalanche threat is not based […]
Tradition of water harvesting
Nectar of life Everyone knows that water is a must for survival, and you would have often observed plants in your terrace wither or wilt due to shortage of water. It is however a lesser-known fact that water has been an essential ingredient for the very evolution of life, and the earliest life forms on […]
Marching ahead from Sumna
With the bodies of all the 18 persons missing in the avalanche incidence of April 23, 2021 around Sumna in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand having been recovered, dispatched back home to Jharkhand, and laid to rest, the search operation has come to an end. Amid increasing tendency of labelling every incidence as being man-made the debate on […]