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Wednesday morning’s earthquake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale with epicentre at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district put Assam to the toughest test of preparedness and management
| 29 April 2021 4:13 AM GMT
Wednesday morning s earthquake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale with epicentre at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district put Assam to the toughest test of preparedness and management of twin or multiple disasters striking simultaneously. Ten aftershocks that followed in the midst of a grim COVID-19 pandemic situation have sounded the alarm bell for the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) to take stock of alertness for major earthquakes occurring during deteriorating pandemic situation like the current wave of COVID-19. Cracks in multi-storey private and public buildings, disruption of train services due to cracks on railway bridge, liquefaction of open grounds on account of Wednesday s earthquake call for updating the disaster manage
Communications was supposed to be a key ingredient of Florida s vaccine rollout. Until it wasn t.
A three-month vacancy in top communications personnel only deepened the continued lack of transparency that has plagued the state s response to the pandemic since the beginning, say lawmakers and government watchdog groups who receive hundreds of calls from Floridians each day searching for answers.
“These are crucial positions. That, combined with concerns these offices are slow-walking public records requests and requests for information in general, is absolutely concerning,” said Ben Wilcox, research director at Integrity Florida, a nonpartisan and nonprofit government watchdog.
And it continues to cause delays in fulfilling public records requests, which has been a tug-of-war with the state since the beginning of the pandemic, Wilcox and other government watchdogs said.
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