After the 2023 Disaster, Another One in the Making? | Mayalmit Lepcha
More than a year after the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) wiped out Teesta III, the government wants to rebuild the dam.
No more loan relief in case of disasters I Flip Book
A critical look at the recent Disaster Managenent Amendment Bill, 2024. Why has the government removed clauses that allowed for loan reliefs and concession loans to disaster affected people? Urgent need to raise pertinent...
One more man-made disaster in Himalayas | The Money Trail
It is payback time. Project after project in the Himalayan ranges is facing setbacks. Now it is the Chardham Project’s tunnel. Last month it was the dam project in Sikkim. The sensitivity of the...
How the financial institutions are accomplices in Joshimath disaster | THE MONEY TRAIL
Warnings, protests, resignations and court cases have played out right before our eyes since the 1990s. But everybody acts surprised as the Joshimath town sinks.
‘Mindless’ development model financed by top institutions ’caused Joshimath disaster’
In a statement signed by over 50 civil society organisations and concerned citizens, FAN believes, Joshimath Disaster is theāinevitable result of long neglect of scientific warnings, of gross financialization of nature and total lack...
Joshimath Disaster
Joshimath woke up to large cracks on roads and houses with muddy water seeping from them, not in one or two but in over 600 houses! News media and portals are now calling it...
5 years later, itās even more clear that demonetisation was a disaster for India
The demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes on November 8, 2016, created a nightmare for citizens that lasted several months. Long queues formed outside the banks and ATMs to obtain swap denotified currency notes for...