Tag: Urban Floods

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Assam Floods:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Disaster management.   Context: Torrential rainfall and landslides in the past few days have eroded sections of roads and railway tracks in Assam. The weather department has predicted that “extremely heavy rains” will continue for the coming days as the states stay on ‘red alert.’   What floods are common in …

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Overstretched drainage, unplanned construction, no regard to the natural buffers and rejuvenating ecosystems, all together make urban floods a man-made disaster. Comment.

Topic: Disaster and disaster management. 5. Overstretched drainage, unplanned construction, no regard to the natural buffers and rejuvenating ecosystems, all together make urban floods a man-made disaster. Comment. (250 words) Difficulty level: Easy Reference: Live Mint Why the question: Floods have begun to afflict a widening expanse of India with rising intensity and frequency. Urban …

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State government report on Chennai’s flood:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Disaster Management.   Context: Tamil Nadu state government has released a report on the action taken by the government with regard to measures to prevent recurrence of flooding. The report was in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) registering a suo motu. The court had done so after newspapers widely …

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