Duryog Nivaran Secretariat c/o Janathakshan, No 5, Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapone, Colombo 00500, Sri Lanka
Landslide and flood triggered by torrential rain have hit the Sankhuwasabha area in Nepal. The landslide after heavy downpour on October 2nd caused death of four people at Dhupu-Jyamire Tole and Barhabise. Three others were reported missing. Among the deceased, there persons including a pregnant...
Pictures from : click here The eight story Rana Plaza, which was illegally built by defying the building codes had housed 4 different units of RMG (Ready Made Garments) factories, among other businesses. Built upon a pond/canal, the foundation of the building was wrong to start with (meant...
Members from Sri Lanka The Annual General Meeting of DuryogNivaran took place on the 12th of March 2013, online and hosted from the Distance Learning Center, Colombo 07. Many members from Sri Lanka attended the meeting in person and members overseas were provided with the facility...
Zurich and Practical Action team up in a global flood resilience alliance Practical Action and Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) have formed a significantly enhanced £6.4 million alliance in building community resilience to disasters, especially flooding which affects more people globally than any other natural hazard. This 5-year...
Drought conditions in Sri Lanka have hit more than 20,000 farmers and destroyed 16,000 acres of rice fields in the Indian Ocean island nation, officials said. The government has allocated 3.7 billion rupees, or $28 million, to provide relief to those affected, but Disaster Management Minister...
A minor tremor was felt in Siymbalanduwa in the Moneragala District last morning, Geological Surveys and Mines Bureau Chairman N.P. Wijeratne said. Read more...
Weekly water bowser the only saviour, as life hits rock bottom in villages with wells, tanks and reservoirs drying up. Read more...
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AIDMI, (All India Disaster Mitigation Institute) which has two decades of experience in working with schools to ensure school safety, has been selected by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) for imparting training on school safety on a pilot basis for the financial year...
A two-day training workshop was organized by Interco-operation Social Development India (ICSD), Delhi; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK and All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) on FORIN and M & E for CSDRM, on May 8-9, 2013 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The workshop is to...