Paper I · 4 Environment & Disaster Management · 4.15 Disasters and their management in Telangana

4.15.1 Floods, droughts, heatwaves and lightning in Telangana, and the state disaster management set-up

Telangana is a dry, hot plateau that also gets sudden heavy rain, so its main disasters are floods (river floods on the Godavari and Krishna, flash floods in streams, and urban floods in Hyderabad), droughts, heatwaves and lightning; they are managed under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 by a state authority led by the Chief Minister, with a State Disaster Response Force formed in December 2024.

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Key terms

  • floods
  • urban flooding
  • Hyderabad 2020
  • Godavari
  • Bhadrachalam
  • Moranchapalli
  • Munneru
  • Khammam 2024
  • drought
  • heatwave
  • state-specific disaster
  • lightning
  • earthquake
  • Mulugu 2024
  • Eturnagaram windstorm
  • TGSDMA
  • SDRF
  • State Disaster Response Fund
  • HYDRAA
  • Disaster Management Act 2005

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