Identify the WRONG statements with reference to natural disasters in India A. National Flood Commission has identified 40 million hectares area of India as flood prone. B. About one-third land area of India is vulnerable to landslide hazard. C. Tuticorin lies in greater seismic sensitivity zone as compared to Mumbai and Kolkata. D. Super cyclone of 26th December 2004 resulted into great loss of life and property in Odisha. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
B, C and D Only
B, C and D are wrong. The National Flood Commission’s1980 estimate was40 million hectares, so A is correct. GSI identifies about12.6% of India’s land area as landslide-prone, not one-third. In the zoning context of the paper, Tuticorin is not more seismically sensitive than Mumbai and Kolkata. The26 December2004 disaster was the Indian Ocean tsunami; Odisha’s super cyclone occurred in October1999.
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For what reasons is the construction of huge dams opposed?
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