Question

Socio natural disaster that india prone

Answer 1

According to the statistics, 68% of India’s land is prone to drought, 60% to earthquakes, 12% to floods and 8% to cyclones, making India one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, affecting overall 85% of Indian land and more than 50 million people. There have been countless disasters both natural and man-made disasters. It is surprising that yet India has not formulated the national plan for disaster management till date, according to the CAG Report of 2013. The Indian administration has been a little too late in recognizing the importance of a National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) except the State of Gujarat.