National Disaster Management Authority

Several mobile users in India received an emergency alert at around 11.35 am today. Earlier, the emergency text message flashed on Android and iPhone users' devices on September 15.

Intense rain, choked infrastructure: Why urban India sinks every monsoon

An urban plan that takes into account changing weather patterns, and strictly implements existing building laws and guidelines as well as environmental rules, is what Indian cities need to become flood-resilient.

Centre moves SC seeking extension of time for framing guidelines for ex-gratia

The Centre in an application said that the exercise which was in active consideration of the NDMA was at an advance stage and requires a little more in-depth examination.

Vizag gas leak: Negligence and human error led to the accident, forensics say

To minimise the risk and to encourage a successful restart of the industrial units after the lockdown, the NDMA issued detailed guidelines on precautions that need to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers

'Extremely severe' cyclone 'Fani' to hit south of Puri Friday: NDMA

Gusty wind with speed 40-50 km per hour is expected at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

95% households in India vulnerable to earthquakes

According to a report, ‘Earthquake hazard zoning maps’, by the Building Materials Technology Promotion Council (BMPTC), as many as 95% households in the country are vulnerable to earthquakes. The BMPTC is a government-sponsored body, &#82

19 feared killed in IAF chopper crash in U'khand

Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M Sashidhar Reddy said eight bodies have been recovered and chances of any survivor among the 19 onboard were remote.

India says nuclear plants safe, but better response needed

India's rapidly emerging nuclear power plants are seismically safe, but the country needs to ramp up its capacity to respond should an emergency strike, a top disaster management official warned on Wednesday.

PM takes stock of nuclear disaster response preparedness

In the wake of recent nuclear radiation scare in Japan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reviewed India's atomic disaster preparedness at a high level meeting here and directed that the best practices and procedures be put in place.