The death toll in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district, where a private bus was buried under the debris of a landslip on Tuesday (October 7, 2025) evening, increased to 16 with the recovery of a child’s body on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) morning, officials said. Search and rescue operations to trace people buried under the debris … Read more
A view of the origin of the landslide at Punchirimattom on the Vellarimala hills in Wayanad on August 1, 2024 (file image for representation) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The water level in the Punna river in Vellarimala in Wayanad district of Kerala rose on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) following the heavy rains that occurred … Read more
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Shanmuganathan at the site at Pettimudy, Idukki, where he lost his two sons in a major landslip. | Photo Credit: File Photo Seventy lives were lost in a devastating landslip at Pettimudy, near Munnar, on August 6, 2020. Ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster, which falls on Sunday, death certificates of missing persons … Read more
Some of GSI’s efforts towards mitigating the impacts of natural disasters are highlighted below on the “International Day of Calamity Control”. (Representational image: Reuters) India, like other countries is grappling with Covid-19 pandemic, with exponentially increasing contagion. Adequate preparedness in such health and related infrastructure is never wasteful, because the same can always be used … Read more