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Disaster management comes to EC`s rescue

THE NEW INDIAN ELECTIONS PART ? II

Nistula Hebbar New Delhi

Ever since the elections held in Uttar Pradesh in 2007, the principles of disaster management and micro-management of elections have been closely aligned. Reason: the belief that denial of the right to vote in a democratic country is as bad as a natural disaster.

Vulnerability mapping is a concept used to great effect in disaster management.

 

For example, in a cyclone prone area,

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First Published: Jun 24 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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