-The Times of India KOLKATA: The blaze at a Bhubaneshwar hospital on Monday, in which 20 people were killed, has revived the tragic memory of the 2011 devastating fire at AMRI hospital that killed 91 patients but hundreds of Kolkata health facilities are apparently yet to learn a lesson. In spite of heightened vigilance and stricter implementation of prevention norms by fire services, especially after the AMRI disaster, government facilities and scores...
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Amid fewer child deaths worldwide, high of 1.3 milion is in India -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express Global Burden of Death: world health improves but progress is patchy; Bangladesh betters India in reducing maternal deaths Pune: Between 1990 and 2015, deaths of children under five have gone down by half worldwide but India has had the highest number of such deaths at 1.3 million in 2015. India has pulled down maternal deaths but Bangladesh has done better, according to the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study...
More »Supreme Court seeks drought policy, raps states for ‘ostrich-like attitude’ -Shreeja Sen and Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Revision of drought management manual among slew of directions made by Supreme Court New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday hit the reset button on drought management, directing the government to abandon the existing system and evolve a transparent, rules-based framework. The new policy will prescribe a standard methodology and time-frame for declaring drought. The court also directed the Union government to set up a National Disaster Mitigation Fund within three...
More »We don't have national plan to handle disaster like drought, Centre tells SC -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Just a week after telling the court that it had framed the National Disaster Plan to handle natural calamities like drought, the Centre on Tuesday did a U-turn and told the Supreme Court that the plan had not so far been formulated. The Centre had on April 19 told a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and N V Ramana that the government had framed the...
More »When nature strikes -Onno Ruhl and Ede Ijjasz Vasquez
-The Indian Express Disaster-conscious planning as part of the urban agenda is helping India better prepare for natural calamities. Chennai 2015, Srinagar 2014, Uttarakhand 2013, Mumbai 2005. These disastrous floods remind us that without proper planning, unusually heavy rains in densely populated areas can brew a deadly cocktail for disaster. The issue is not just India’s alone. In our rapidly urbanising world, making towns and cities safer is emerging as one...
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