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By Rakesh Singh, Project Manager, SEEDS On 25th June, 2012 the Brahmaputra breached its embankments leading to severe flooding in various parts of Assam. The floods inundated a number of villages in...

Vulnerability in Focus Following the 6.8 magnitude earthquake on September 18th, 2011, structures in Gangtok still stand live, but there are reports stating damages in parts of rural northern and...

Purpose of this strategy document The flash floods in Leh in August 2010 were unprecedented in nature and scale, and have left a large section of the affected population at the mercy of the harsh...

Leh: At least 112 people have been killed and many more are missing after flash floods hit Leh in Ladakh. Reports said a number of people were killed and many injured in a massive cloudburst on...

Enabling a Safer World The state of Orissa, East India is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. Flood is the most widespread and most significantly recurrent phenomenon. Each year the families in...

3rd and 4th November 2007 India Habitat Center, New Delhi National Alliance on Disaster Risk Reduction Launched The National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR) was launched on November 4,...

A SEEDS team has left for Barmer on 30 th August for the preliminary assessment of the ground level situation. SEEDS will focus on the shelter, water and sanitation issues of the affected population...

Incessant rains in the desert state of Rajasthan has given rise to one of the worst floods of the decade. Heavy monsoon rains that started on the 16th of August has engulfed several villages of the...

THE FLOODS IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH : The State of Andhra Pradesh once again faces the vagaries of the nature. Following a prolonged dry spell, which caused the spectra of drought, the State...

Activity Update With 40 days of collective efforts of our partners and individuals from all walks of life SEEDS completed 404 shelters for the Earthquake affected families on 27th Dec, 2005 in...