1stpage-disasterpreparedness

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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
September 2008	Rs. 1,600-crore plan to tackle natural, man-made disasters, The Hindu 25/09/2008
July 2008	Portable bamboo house during natural disasters, New Indian Express,10/07/2008 A new path out of disaster, Ban Ki-moon, The Asian Age ,25/07/2008 Villagers beat govt in flood fight, Naresh Jana, The Telegraph ,07/07/2008
June 2008	Should R2P have been invoked in Myanmar?, Jorge Heine, The Hindu, 09/06/2008 Mary Dejevsky: The unexpected legacy of natural disasters, The Independent, 03/06/2008
May 2008	The Good Samaritans, Vinod K Shukla, Sahara Time, 03/05/2008 New Town Springing Up in Quake-Hit Province, Jill Drew, The Washington Post, 28/05/2008 Fishermen in tsunami hit areas protest against govt apathy, Daily India, 02/05/2008
April 2008	Puri fishermen living under threat from the sea, Rajkumar Mohanty Puri, Kalinga Times, 08/04/2008 Many more Retiwalas in store?Pandurang Mhaske, DNA, 05/04/2008 G+2 in 60 Days flat, Sharad Vyas, Times of India, 11/04/2008 Agency Is Under Pressure to Develop Disaster Housing, Leslie Eaton, The New York Times, 13/04/2008 How Monsoon-Ready are you?, Linah Baliga, DNA, 17/04/2008 WHO asks hospitals to prepare for disasters, Kalyan Ray, The Deccan Herald, 20/04/2008 A busful of useful information on disaster management, The Hindu, 30/04/2008 Agents and not victims, David Puttnam, The Guardian, 30/04/2008 Rice may withstand climate changes: Swaminathan, Subramaniam Sharma and Pratik Parija, Mint, 17/04/2008 Risk Reduction key to minimising human suffering and economic losses, Indiaprwire, 23/04/2008
January 2008	When saving lives is not enough, Jerry Talbot, Relief Web International, 22/01/2008 UN launches global campaign to make hospitals safe from disasters, UN News Service, 24/01/2008,
October 2007	Captain Noah's Rainbow, Andrew C. Revkin, The Asian Age, Bombay, 13 Oct 2007 Central officer for disaster plan, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 29 Oct 2007 Learning valuable lessons from the Latur earthquake, V Subramanyan, The Times Of India, Bombay, 01 Oct 2007
September 2007	Closing the floodgates,The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 21 Sep 2007 FLOOD RESPONSE A Familiar Story,Economic and Political Weekly Magazine, 01 Sep 2007 Floods are becoming more complex, Down to Earth Magazine, 15 Sep 2007 Flood preparedness a necessity,The Hindu, Madras, 19 Sep 2007