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128754
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139757
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Mana Valley, Uttarakhand: The harsh early morning sunlight had left a prominent sunburn on his face. It was within the contour of his cheeks that a patch of deep red dis-colouration was distinctly visible, indicating the maximum exposure. Fortunately, the goggles saved his eyes from falling to the same fate. The burns often get aggravated when the cool breeze from the snow-capped mountains blow across his face, sometimes peeling off the thin outer layer of the skin. But for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) jawan deployed at high altitudes all-round the year, those were regular occurrences, almost inconsequential, so much so that he even failed to register those changes until someone pointed them out.
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139320
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128963
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160179
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New Delhi, Roli Books, 2018.
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240p.hbk
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9788193626023
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 059446 | 912.014/KAP 059446 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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171642
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Indian military has been traditionally part of government mechanism for dealing with natural disasters. This was due to lack of local administrations’ capacity to cope with increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters. To address this dependence on military and for a holistic approach to disaster management, the Disaster Management Act, 2005 was enacted. The Act established a specialized civilian response agency, namely National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and other institutional mechanisms. However, the dependence on military has not shown any decline. On the contrary, the dependence continues to increase in terms of both its extent and its frequency. Quantitative data in terms of quantities of rescue material distributed, number of people evacuated and so on, clearly establishes the continued dependence on military. A comparison of response operations by the military and the NDRF shows NDRF’s inadequacies in terms of its total number of personnel and geographical location. Hence, for the foreseeable future, dependence on military for disaster response will continue. The study underscores the critical need for civilian policymakers to re-define the role of military within the Disaster Management framework and for military planners to re-examine their own training and operational doctrines to play an effective role in disaster management.
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139675
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This article studies the impact of the creation of a new state in northern India through an analysis of space. The space under consideration is the town of Gopeshwar, which serves as the administrative headquarters of a district in the state of Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand was created as a distinct Himalayan state in 2000 after a prolonged period of mass agitation to this end. The movement for statehood had emphasized historical neglect coupled with exploitation of
the mountains of Uttarakhand by the plains. Beginning with an analysis of the town plan, this article moves on to describe how this place is made into a space by everyday practices. In particular it concentrates on the narratives of agents of the state who express a longing to escape this ‘remote’ town. Through an interrogation of the trope of remoteness, this article argues that the creation of the new state has served, ironically enough, to accentuate the traditional characterization of the Himalaya as a backward, inferior space within India.
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132492
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2014.
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Disaster Management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs, disaster response (e.g. emergency evacuation, quarantine, mass decontamination, etc.), as well as supporting, and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters have occurred. In general, any disaster management is the continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from the hazard. Disaster and emergencies appears to be as inevitable as taxes; so too is our on-going effort to cope with them. The ability to cope lies" deep in our primordial past, which has taught us that "organising" is the most efficient and effective means to survive. Sometime due to major accident and leakage the situation become worst for the nearby peoples.
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179316
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In 1995, commanders at several levels claimed that it was not only difficult but also extremely dangerous to cross the high passes of the Himalaya in deep winter. The sceptics were proved wrong when an eight-member Ski Himalaya Expedition, with two officers, the author and the then Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Krishan Kumar traversed in the deep winter from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Lipu Lekh, where Uttarakhand meets Nepal. This is a short narration of that epic expedition. For ease of narration it is in the First Person. At the end some recommendations are given.
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151350
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