{"id":5679,"date":"2024-06-14T02:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:10:41","slug":"himachal-pradesh-in-high-risk-seismic-zones-yet-buildings-not-earthquake-resistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/himachal-pradesh-in-high-risk-seismic-zones-yet-buildings-not-earthquake-resistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Pradesh in high-risk seismic zones, yet buildings not earthquake-resistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal Pradesh which falls in the high-risk, high-intensity seismic zones IV and V. Successive state governments strengthened disaster response but left most of the public andprivate buildingsnon-resistant to tremors. Of the 25,75,947 (25.7 lakh) structures that state counted in 2011, it found 14,64,458 (14.6 lakh) or 56.8% in the unsafe category A, of mud walls and unburnt-clay bricks. Another 10,07,568 (10 lakh) or 39.11% of the structures were in category B, ofburnt bricks.None of the categories are resistant to earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>A high-intensity earthquake is more catastrophic in the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mountains\">Mountains<\/a>, for it triggers landslides, rockslides, and avalanches. Seven Himachal Pradesh districts &#8211; Chamba, Kullu, Kangra, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, and Bilaspur &#8211; are in the very high damage risk seismic zone V, while five districts &#8211; Shimla, Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, and Sirmaur &#8211; fall in the high damage risk seismic zone IV. More than 90% of Hamirpur, Kangra, and Mandi is prone to &#8220;destructive&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/earthquakes\">Earthquakes<\/a> measured by the Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik (MSK) scale of intensity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal Pradesh which falls in the high-risk, high-intensity seismic zones IV and V. Successive state governments strengthened disaster response but left most of the public andprivate buildingsnon-resistant to tremors. 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