Sunday, August 31, 2008

Phases of disillusionment..

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Till date I have attended two national level meetings on disaster management where much was trumpeted about the "paradigm shift" f...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Latest photos from NHPC stage III Lo-dam (27th Mile, Kalimpong) - 28Aug08

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Slide 1 - Huge cracks on the massive concrete retaining walls . There is no doubt these cracks are getting larger each day -this area i...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Chapter 22.1.2 (on the Darjiling Himalayas)

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Placed below are excerpts from the W. Bengal Govt website on environment . The link is here " The Darjiling Hill Region of West Bengal...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

A damned dam ... 24Aug2008

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Two NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) Low - dams have come under media scrutiny recently (see extract of 17Aug2008 Telegraph...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Information regarding landslide prevention which we seek...

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The world over, the mantra being chanted in Disaster Management circles is "prevention, mitigation and preparedness" with the o...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Landslides in Sikkim -16Aug2008

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Landslide renders eight families homeless at Marchak DIKCHU, 17 Aug: A ferocious landslide which struck in the morning of 16 August at March...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Almost one year later....

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Bhalukhop ______________________________________________________________ Soureni Almost a year ago, following the Sep07 rains I visited many...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

An expert's view...

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Professor Dave Petley, BSc (Hons) AKC PhD FRGS FGS ILTM CGeog Dr Petley, of Durham University, UK is a world authority on landslides (refer ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A step in the right direction...

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STH readers may recollect that in Dec 07 (refer blog of 12Dec 07) we had FAXED, to the Chief Minister, Govt of West Bengal, a summation of a...
Monday, August 11, 2008

A document worth reading - "Taming the Teesta" by Dr Kalyan Rudra

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An excerpt from the above document is placed below:- "The Teesta is a rain and snow-fed river. The permanently snow-covered area of the...