Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Humans impacting nature... dams in the Teesta river basin

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There is no doubt in my mind that dams are an unpleasant necessity - they are the cleanest way of providing energy to a power hungry nat...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Commencement of Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) work at Chibo/Pashyor

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Chibo/Pashyor is one of the most vulnerable areas on the western face of Kalimpong  and the area has been featured on the blog many times....
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Kalimpong town : Sitting on a time bomb with a 'WHAT, ME WORRY?' smile

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Years ago I was an avid reader of Mad Magazine and our predicament  as regards the landslide issue reminds me, today of Alfred E Neuman...
Monday, January 18, 2010

India Weather on the Web; India Met Dept's new upgraded and updated website

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Of all the websites that I visit during the monsoons, certainly India Meteorological Dept's (IMD) earlier website ( http://imd.gov.in/m...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

The 2009 fatal landslide map

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This post presents the data from the Durham University Fatal Landslide database for 2009. This is a map of fatal landslides only with each...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Excerpt from Himalayan Times (Kathmandu, Nepal))

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Pl ease refer to the last blog ("Digging one's own grave") , rather coincidentally the "Himalaya n Times" from Kathm...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Digging one's own grave

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The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.   ...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

An expert's ( Prof Nitin Som) view about landslides

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" Landslides occur as natural phenomena in hilly terrains and also due to disturbances caused by construction activities,...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Automatic rainfall gauge installation at Kalimpong

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Automatic rainfall gauges (ARGs) and Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) will certainly help us bolster our preparedness against landslides du...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

A milestone .. STH wins the Manthan Award

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Please refer the earlier blog. STH was presented the Manthan Award in the evening ceremony on 19Dec2009 at NCUI auditorium, New Delhi ...