BHUBANESWAR: The state government is set to amend the Odisha Relief Code to widen its scope and make it more amenable to the ...

Odisha Government has decided to overhaul management of the critical infrastructure that ensure safety of people during disaster. Multipurpose Cyclone and Flood Shelters (MCS & MFS) were ...

Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ...

BHUBANESWAR: Call it administrative inefficiency or laxity, the Odisha government has failed to utilise more than Rs 2,100 crore allocated for disaster mitigati ...

In October 2023, a multi-hazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalayas was triggered when earth and stones, which had accumulated ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha fire and emergency service will establish an advanced unified command and control (UCC) centre (UCC) to ...

The study cites the World Risk Index 2023, which ranks India third among 193 countries in terms of disaster risk ...

The 2023 Sikkim floods were triggered by landslides that were made more likely due to heavy rainfall and were a result of an interplay of climate change, glacier loss and human infrastructure in ...

IIT Bombay study analyzes financial impact of floods and cyclones in India, offers solutions for disaster preparedness.

A High-Level Committee HLC under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved Rs 302786 crore for disaster ...

The disasters, including floods and landslides, also led to the loss of 61,826 cattle, damage to over 3.63 lakh houses, and affected 14.24 lakh hectares of cropped land ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha fire and emergency service enhanced ... including the Oct 2014 Hudhud cyclone in Andhra Pradesh, Aug 2018 Kerala floods, Dec 2018 Meghalaya mine rescue, and May 2020 cyclone ...