M Shashidhar Reddy

Former National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice-chairman M Shashidhar Reddy on Sunday wrote to Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia suggesting a "flood audit" of all airports in India.

Ending the practice of appointing politicians and retired bureaucrats with no background of disaster management, the government today named a scientist, an Armyman and a professional who has a long experience in humanitarian work with the United Nations as members for National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

More than eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) Vice Chairman M Shashidhar Reddy today warned.

Former National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice-chairman M Shashidhar Reddy on Sunday wrote to Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia suggesting a "flood audit" of all airports in India.

Ending the practice of appointing politicians and retired bureaucrats with no background of disaster management, the government today named a scientist, an Armyman and a professional who has a long experience in humanitarian work with the United Nations as members for National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

More than eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) Vice Chairman M Shashidhar Reddy today warned.