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Updated law for disaster management in India in the works as rain wreaks havoc
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The most catastrophic incident recently was a landslide in the district of Wayanad, which left 226 people dead and swept two entire villages away.
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BENGALURU – A new Disaster Management Bill tabled in India’s Parliament last week aims to create a centralised database and empower expert bodies to better anticipate and respond to disasters at a time when extreme weather has killed hundreds and destroyed property across the country.
Climate experts have welcomed the focus on data gathering in the Bill that was introduced on Aug 1 – which updates a 2005 law – and the proposal to have dedicated expert bodies at the local level make disaster risk mitigation plans, instead of generalist bureaucrats.
