Floods in the North-East: Lack of Planning and Red Tape

Although India has 175 flood forecasting stations and 140 more new flood forecasting stations are in the pipeline in the Twelfth Plan, we do not seem to have improved our performance on the ground in terms of saving lives and property. The most recent flood in Assam claimed 44 lives and massive loss...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Economic and political weekly 2014-10, Vol.49 (42), p.21-23
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