Bhopal Disaster: Causes and Effects By Daniel Olufemi December 2-3‚ 1984‚ the world witnessed an industrial catastrophe that claimed hundreds of thousand of lives‚ also living a huge army of victims with assortment of permanent disabilities. Newsmagazines‚ newspapers and newswires across the globe literally competed among themselves with screaming headlines to depict the disaster. The Time Magazine described it as The Night of death. The site of the incident was the pesticide plant of
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Natural Disaster and decision that follows Natural disaster risk can be defined as follows: The exposure or the chance of loss (of lives‚ persons injured‚ property damaged and economic activity disrupted) due to a particular hazard for a given area and reference period. In case of a disaster event‚ there are several effects‚ such as humanitarian effects‚ including the loss of lives and persons injured; ecological effects among other damage to ecosystems; and economic effects‚ comprising different
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REGIONAL BANKING SYSTEM- ACHIEVEMENTS AND HORIZONS TO ACHIEVE Introduction "India lives in its villages" - Mahatma Gandhi. Literally and from the social‚ economic and political perspectives the statement is valid even today. Around 65% of the State’s population is living in rural areas. People in rural areas should have the same quality of life as is enjoyed by people living in sub urban and urban areas. Further there are cascading effects of poverty‚ unemployment‚ poor and inadequate infrastructure
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Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Sarojini Naidu passed her Matriculation examination from the University of Madras. She took four years’ break from her studies and concentrated upon studying various subjects. In 1895‚ she travelled to England to study first at King’s College London and later at Girton College‚ Cambridge. Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake
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1. Drilling sand pump (centrifugal) in solid control system‚ drilling sand pump is used for the drilling desander http://www.kosungroup.com/products/solids-control-equipment/desander.html ‚ desilter‚ mud cleaners and other equipment for the material‚ transport medium containing solid-phase cycle drilling fluid. Existing drilling sand pump seal with a simple mechanical seals‚ resulting in fluid sand pump bearings (sealed) string into the drilling fluid within the normally rather fluid contains large
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Prepare for Any Disaster 6/10/2013 Topics in Contemporary Social Issues We must have tools and plans in place to make it on our own in case of a disaster happening. Just like having a functioning smoke detector in your house‚ having emergency supply kits will put tools that one may need at your feet. It is important to be prepared to use what you have on hand to make it on your own for at least three days‚ maybe even longer. There are six basic items that one should ensure if any disaster were to occur
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Running head: Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Timothy T. Boyd Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Major natural disasters can do and have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth‚ development‚ and poverty reductions. Natural disasters cause significant budgetary pressures‚ with both narrowly fiscal
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT’S PROJECT Handling Natural Disasters – Tsunami Made By – {name} What to do BEFORE a Tsunami * Find out if your home‚ school‚ workplace‚ or other frequently visited locations are in tsunami hazard prone areas. * Know the height of your street above sea level and the distance of your street from the coast or other high-risk waters. * Plan evacuation routes from your home‚ school‚ workplace or any other place you could be where tsunamis present a risk. *
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Gülin Langbroek 11.1 THE MAN-MADE DISASTER: CHERNOBYL “It is one of histories ironies that the worst nuclear accident began as a test to improve safety.”‚ states Snell (1988). The Soviets wanted to find out how the Chernobyl power plant would cope with a sudden power loss‚ therefore the experiment tested how long a spinning turbine could provide electric power to certain systems in the plant. Like many accidents‚ the Chernobyl accident resulted from a combination of human error and weaknesses
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Drilling mud agitator http://www.kosungroup.com/products/solids-control-equipment/mud-agitator.html is composed of explosion-proof motor‚ speed reducer‚ motor base and blade. The connection between motor and speed reducer‚ speeder reducer and impeller shaft is achieved by steel coupling. The impeller is welded by four blades. The impeller makes the fluid in vortex motion and improves the agitation effect. The pallet among the vanes can prevent solid particles in mud from depositing around the
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