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Lessons from a deluge Sudhirendar Sharma 10:34 PM \| October 12,2009 The big rise in global temperature probably won’t take place until the second half of this century, but the tragedy is that, thanks to our dams and reservoirs, there will still be plenty of non-climate-change-induced damage FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: Global warming Floods National Disaster Management Authority Koyna dam Tungabhadra Srisailam dam
India’s bioterror plans will take some time to get off the ground Seema Singh 12:00 AM \| December 27,2008 The fundamental structuring of medical care in the country is such that more than 70% of it falls in the private sector, which is not “committed to community health services” but is confined to “care of individual patients” FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: National Disaster Management Authority Biological disaster management J.R. Bhardwaj Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
Lessons from the Bihar flood Mihir R. Bhatt 12:19 AM \| September 03,2008 Humanitarian agencies time and again get into crisis situations in large numbers and often leave the communities they aim to assist undermined FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: National Disaster Management Authority Disaster Management Act Hyogo Framework for Action Floods