India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The cities of Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Guwahati, Jabalpur, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Gandhidham and the State of Sikkim have been covered for seismic microzonation. Cities including Chennai, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar and Mangalore are also covered. Additionally, cities such as Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Agra, Dhanbad, Amritsar are in advanced stage of completion. Seismic Microzonation data is produced by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) through National Centre for Seismology (NCS) and is based on guidelines framed by MoES.
The seismic microzonation study and its results are shared with state/national disaster management authorities and Bureau of Ind...