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Representative image The National Disaster Response Force has grown from 8 to 16 battalions since 2006, with a sanctioned strength of 18,556. It has carried out…
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Representative image India does not publish an official state-wise ranking of police emergency response times. The 112 Emergency Response Support System connects callers to police, fire…
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Representative image Many urban floods, fires and building collapses in India start with planning failures: lakes and drains built over, illegal floors, blocked fire access and…
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Representative image Extreme weather is now part of everyday life in India. Between January and September 2024 the country had extreme weather on 255 of 274…
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Representative image Industrial accidents harm more than people. At Baghjan in Assam, an oil well blowout that began on 27 May 2020 sat about 300 metres…
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Representative image Floods mix sewage, chemicals and waste into wells, handpumps and tanks, and WHO lists cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases among the main flood…
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Representative image How floods, fires and cyclones push wild animals towards people in India, and how to stay safe. Kaziranga is the clearest example: every monsoon…
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Representative image How forest fires in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are tracked: FSI satellite alerts, Uttarakhand's daily fire report (657 incidents, about 593 hectares and 2…
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Representative image What large industrial fires do to the air around them, using verified Indian incidents: the 2020 Vizag styrene leak, the 2022 Mundka and Nandesari…
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Representative image Large urban and industrial fires in India are also environmental emergencies, the post argues: smoke, toxic residues and contaminated firefighting run-off can harm air,…
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