29
Table 2.4 (continued)
S. No. Name of Event Year
State & Area
Fatalities
25
Cyclone Nilam October
2012
Tamil Nadu
65
26
Uttarakhand
Floods
Aug–Sep
2012
Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and
Bageshwar
52
27
Assam Floods
July–Aug
2012
Assam
–
28
Cyclone Thane December
2011
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
47
29
Sikkim
Earthquake
September
2011
Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar 60
30
Odisha Floods September
2011
19 Districts of Odisha
45
31
Sikkim
Earthquake
2011
North Eastern India with
epicentre near Nepal Border
and Sikkim
97 people died (75 in
Sikkim)
32
Cloudburst
2010
Leh, Ladakh in J&K
257 people died
33
Drought
2009
252 Districts in 10 States
–
34
Krishna Floods 2009
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
300 people died
35
Kosi Floods
2008
North Bihar
527 deaths, 19,323
livestock perished,
2,23,000 houses
damaged, 3.3 million
persons affected
36
Cyclone Nisha 2008
Tamil Nadu
204 deaths
37
Maharashtra
Floods
July 2005 Maharashtra State
1094 deaths
167 injured
54 missing
38
Kashmir
2005
Mostly Pakistan, Partially
Kashmir
1400 deaths in Kashmir
(86,000 deaths in total)
39
Tsunami
2004
Coastline of Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Andhra Pradesh,
Pondicherry and Andaman
and Nicobar Islands of India
10,749 deaths
5640 persons missing
2.79 million people
affected
11,827 hectares of crops
damaged
300,000 fisher folk lost
their livelihood
40
Gujarat
Earthquake
2001
Rapar, Bhuj, Bhachau, Anjar,
Ahmedabad and Surat in
Gujarat State
13,805 deaths
6.3 million people
affected
41
Orissa Super
Cyclone
1999
Orissa
Over 10,000 deaths
42
Cyclone
1996
Andhra Pradesh
1000 people died,
5,80,000 housed
destroyed, Rs. 20.26
billion estimated damage
(continued)
2 Contemporary Environmental Issues – The Indian Perspective