Why Union Budget 2022-23 falls short in addressing gaps to build disaster resilience

The budgetary allocations under relief on account of natural calamities and MGNREGA have been decreased; this will affect the country in building …

International Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Why being prepared is key to overcoming 21st century challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it abundantly clear that it is not enough for authorities to prepare for single disasters

COVID-19 rekindles concerns on Kashmir’s infrastructure, social behaviour

Earthquakes, floods, conflict and COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the suitability of existing housing infrastructure in urban areas of Kashmir

Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do

The evidence from Italy and other earthquakes is damning: structures are not generally earthquake-proof

Photo-copy

If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …

Shock absorbers

Earthquake-resistant buildings minimise damage as a 6.8 Richter earthquake rocks Seattle

Reinforced

Building code made stronger

Leh’s labour lost

Half-built houses, no labourers. Winter threatens to be harsh

Cyclone in Bangladesh

South Asia

FEMA admits high formaldehyde levels in travel trailers

Shaky foundations

Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat's homes to rubbles

No signs of science

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Look within

And not ape the disaster management laws of other nations

Turn to nature

Mangroves and other vegetation can help resist tsunamis

Badly prepared

Disaster preparedness should be built into development programmes

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

Home makers

Women of Latur exemplify how people alone can put an end to their misery

For a change

Quaking, 1108 aftershocks later

The Indian plate is underthrusting the Eurasian plate by 4 to 5 centimetres a year. But our scientists move even slower. Are they waiting for the …

House made of thermocol

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …