Source: The Hindu Context: Recent Hyderabad Flood has resulted in the death of over 20 people and a property loss estimated more than ₹6,000 crores. More on News: Devastating Floods in the past: In India: Chennai (December 2015), Kochi (August 2018), Mumbai July 2005 Around the world: Sydney (December 2018), New York (October 2019), Hurricane… Continue reading Hyderabad Floods
Category: Disaster Management
National Disaster Management (NDMA) Guidelines on Urban Flood Management
In 2010, NDMA had issued guidelines on Urban Flood Management in India Create a National Hydro-meteorological Network. The guidelines say that for providing early warning, the Central Water Commission (CWC) should maximize the real-time hydro-meteorological network to cover all urban centres to effectively deal with the problem of urban flooding Use of Doppler Weather Radarsto… Continue reading National Disaster Management (NDMA) Guidelines on Urban Flood Management
Google partners Central Water Commission for flood forecasting initiative
News: Mumbai will get the country’s second urban flood warning system for evaluation named IFLOWS-Mumbai. Facts: IFLOWS-Mumbai: It is an Integrated Flood Warning system to enhance the resilience of Mumbai by providing early warning for flooding specially during high rainfall events and cyclones. The system also has provisions to capture the urban drainage within the city… Continue reading Google partners Central Water Commission for flood forecasting initiative
CFLOWS-Chennai
Vice President has unveiled the Red Atlas Action Plan Map and Coastal Flood Warning System App(CFLOWS-Chennai). Facts: About Red Atlas Action Plan Map: The Atlas has been prepared by the Ministry of Earth Sciences to aid Tamil Nadu government in effective flood mitigation in Chennai. It was prepared with the help of India Meteorological Department… Continue reading CFLOWS-Chennai
Flood Warning System For Mumbai “IFLOWS-Mumbai”
IFLOWS-Mumbai: It is an Integrated Flood Warning system to enhance the resilience of Mumbai by providing early warning for flooding specially during high rainfall events and cyclones. The system also has provisions to capture the urban drainage within the city and predict the areas of flooding Developed by: Ministry of Earth Sciences using in-house expertise and… Continue reading Flood Warning System For Mumbai “IFLOWS-Mumbai”
Hyderabad urban flooding
Source- The Hindu Syllabus- GS 3- Disaster and disaster management. Context- Ineffective and unplanned hydra-geology of cities and town of India are more responsible for Hyderabad Urban Flooding than monsoon. What is urban flooding? Urban flooding is the inundation of land or property in a built environment, particularly in more densely populated areas, caused by rainfall overwhelming… Continue reading Hyderabad urban flooding
UNDRR releases Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019 Report
News: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNDRR) has released a report titled “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019”. Facts: Key Highlights from the report: In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 million lives, affecting 4.2 billion people resulting in approximately US$2.97 trillion in global economic losses.… Continue reading UNDRR releases Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019 Report
CAG audit- Improvement in disaster management
Syllabus – GS 2- Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Context- The Public Account Committee (PAC) directed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to conduct a special audit into purchase of COVID-19 equipment. What are the directions… Continue reading CAG audit- Improvement in disaster management
Flood Warning System For Mumbai “IFLOWS-Mumbai”
News: Mumbai will get the country’s second urban flood warning system for evaluation named IFLOWS-Mumbai. Facts: IFLOWS-Mumbai: It is an Integrated Flood Warning system to enhance the resilience of Mumbai by providing early warning for flooding specially during high rainfall events and cyclones. The system also has provisions to capture the urban drainage within the… Continue reading Flood Warning System For Mumbai “IFLOWS-Mumbai”
NDMA issues guidelines for restarting manufacturing units
News:The National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA) has issued guidelines for restarting manufacturing and chemical industries after the lockdown period ends. Facts: Key Features of Guidelines: Test Run Period: The first week of restarting any machinery or chemical unit should be considered as the trial or test period and the industries should not try to achieve high… Continue reading NDMA issues guidelines for restarting manufacturing units
