Disaster Management in India

Causes of Disaster

  • Environmental Degradation: The removal of trees and forest cover from a watershed area has led to groundwater depletion, soil erosion, and the extension of flood plains in upper and intermediate courses of rivers.
  • Development Process: Rapid urbanisation, infrastructure construction, land exploitation, and technological advancement have all increased demand on natural resources.
  • Political Issues: conflict, desire for nuclear power, competition among nations to become superpowers, and conquest of land, sea, and air. These have led to a variety of disastrous occurrences, including the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima, the Syrian civil war, and the increasing militarization of the oceans and ....
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