Disaster management

No major damage was reported in camps in southeast Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are living. read more

Studies show that natural disasters tend to lower life expectancy more in women than in men. read more

Citizens from several areas across Mumbai complained of the smell of gas and lodged complaints with civic authorities. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to figure out the source of the gas leak, but is investigating the incident. read more

BMC’s disaster management officials will meet chemical and gas related agencies in order to locate the source of the suspected gas leak read more

Maharashtra Chief Minister has announced an ex-gratia assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin to the dead read more

The water level had reached 476.2m at the time of filing this report around 9pm. The full reservoir level is 478m. read more

According to railway sources, CR will procure 10 boats at the cost of \u20B91.7 lakh. Meanwhile, WR has already procured one and will get seven more boats. read more

The proposal has come at a time when the SC-appointed monitoring committee is taking steps against illegal constructions in the city and has sealed a large number of commercial units not complying with norms. read more

A group of four students of Greenfields Public School, Dilshad Garden, attended the Indus Quality Foundation residential camp at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Dehradun. read more

During the two-year programme, 22 students of classes 8 and 9 from each school will be trained in food safety, traffic awareness, disaster management, tolerance, team spirit, fight against corruption and safety of women and children among others. read more

Important or interesting events that took place in Delhi-NCR schools recently read more

Four towns along the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers were in danger of being inundated as the rivers rose, the Department of Disaster Management said. read more

Sewa Ram, an urban transport systems design expert and a faculty member at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), said that the existing civic plans have been designed to deal with a “crisis” rather than finding a “solution”. read more

The Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government on Friday presented what it called was a pro-women, pro-farmer and a growth-oriented budget of \u20B91.39 trillion for the year 2019-20. read more

The district administration stated that the mock drill would be conducted on June 28 in Gurugram, Faridabad, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts of Haryana, along with Delhi and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh, such as Noida, Ghaziabad and Meerut. read more