Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Documentary film on Landslides

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Nine final year students of the Dept of Mass Communication, St Joseph's College, North Point - Darjeeling (which included students ...
Monday, October 19, 2009

An invitation for the 2nd India Disaster Management Congress in Delhi (04Nov-06Nov09)

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STH (with a lot of help from the affected people of Chibo and Pashyor) had in the first week of Sep2009 submitted a paper to the 2nd India ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Rainfall peaks : 2009

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Technically the SW monsoon completes it withdrawal from this part of the world on 12Oct and judging by the fine weather we have been experi...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

36hrs of hell (06-08Oct2009)

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Rainfall data for Darjeeling and Kalimpong for approx 36 hrs(06-08Oct2009) Darjeeling - 288mm Kalimpong - 280mm Average rainfall (...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Why landslides are an unknown disaster form..

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Only 15% of the Indian landmass is affected by landslides and many of the affected areas are in remote inaccessible places. Landslides are t...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

What took place and what's in the offing...

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04-06 Nov2009 (Second India Disaster Management Congress, New Delhi ) STH had submitted an abstract on “Landslide Hazard Case Study: ...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Milestone and a Marathon...14/15Sep2009

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On 14 Sep2009, SaveTheHills was 2 years old. As if to celebrate this "Kumudini Pariwar", the alumni of Kumudini Homes, an ol...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Is this Climate Change? Extraordinary Rainfall of Aug2009 in Kalimpong

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August2008 was a great month as far a rain and landslides went; not so this year. In August 2009, even though we received just about the mon...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

The "Save Chibo" workshop : 05Sep2009

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An excerpt from the Telegraph of 07Sep09 Monsoon fury spurs fear of relocation RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Sept. ...
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Our 20th Awareness Program :13Aug2009 Army School, Kalimpong

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Besides acting as a pressure group to have landslide prevention work initiated, one of STH's primary roles has been to raise awareness a...