Athamakuri Durga Prasad, a private school teacher in Bodhan town of Nizamabad district, is known by his sobriquet, ‘Bhukampam ’.Family members, relatives and colony residents fondly call him ‘Bhukampam’ as Prasad was born on September 30, 1993, when a major earthquake had hit Latur district in Maharashtra. That is what he is called in Saraswathinagar, Thattikot, Sharbati canal and other …
Mumbai: The administrative system to face any natural disaster in the country with confidence stemmed from the effective disaster management during the 1993 Killari earthquake in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who helmed the state at that time, said. “Currently, India can face any kind of disaster confidently as the country has an effective administrative system in place which originated …
Panic gripped parts of Maharashtra’s Latur city after mysterious underground sounds were heard by residents. According to PTI, residents claimed the sounds were heard on Wednesday morning between 10:30 am and 10:45 am near the city’s Vivekanand Chowk. Following the incident, Disaster management officer Sakeb Usmani told PTI that such mysterious sounds have been reported in the Marathwada region from …