Beyond Cyclone Arnab: can India tackle the growing cost of natural disasters? | Insight India
Cyclone Arnab hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh this week. In preparation, authorities evacuated people, halted transportation services and alerted disaster response forces. This is just the first cyclone of the northeast monsoon season. As climate change threatens to bring increasingly intense cyclones and other natural disasters, will India’s current disaster management programme be able to…
Cyclone Arnab made landfall in Andhra Pradesh, prompting authorities to evacuate residents and suspend transportation services. As the country braces for more cyclones during the northeast monsoon season, concerns are mounting over the social and economic implications of increasingly severe natural disasters. Former Adviser to the National Disaster Management Authority, Safi Ahsan Rizvi, discusses the intricacies of disaster management and the evolving strategy since 1999, highlighting the challenges India faces in managing the costs associated with these events.
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