The Mepadi landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, July 30, 2024, is one of the largest in the country, in terms of debris flow of nearly six million cubic meters—enough to fill 2,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools....
Random Reflections The government and banks, which write off crores of depositors’ money to benefit the wealthiest, make a hue and cry when farmers or disaster-affected people demand loan waivers. Disasters occur frequently across...
With climate change, human interventions, unscientific development and greed, disasters are frequently happening in the country. As Dr P. Sainath writes in the title of his famous book, “Everybody Loves a Good Drought,” everyone...
