NDMA team assesses quake damages at Kishtwar

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and scientists of IITs have assessed damages caused by the recent earthquake, which shook the entire Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir on May 1.

Agartala, May 7 : National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on principle agreed to shift at least a battalion of the elite National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for permanent deployment in Tripura.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has drawn flak from the CAG which said the apex planning and supervising body in handling calamity has been found to be ineffective in most of the key areas.

There is need to give priority to risk financing and risk insurance as part of disaster mitigation strategy, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy said Thursday, calling for a standard insurance policy covering major ...

Disaster management is an area of vital national importance to India and the disaster risk reduction strategies must actively involve local communities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Addressing the first session of National Platform for ...

Accra, May 14, GNA Mr Kofi Portuphy, National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on Tuesday assured Ghanaians that adequate measures are in place to manage disasters during the rainy season. To this end, he said, ...

Ho, May 14, GNA-The Volta Regional office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), on Tuesday advised people occupying buildings with cracked walls to re-locate ahead of the rainy season. The NADMO also asked people living at low ...

JAMMU, May 11: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, and M Shashidhar Reddy Vice Chairman National Disaster Management Authority called on Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh to apprise him about the extensive damage that has been caused to the ...

National mapping authority Ordnance Survey, has released a new product which maps watercourses across Scotland including the highlands and islands, to help local authorities manage flood risk effectively and reduce the impact of flooding incidents.