Thursday, July 24, 2025

🌍 Earthquakes Increasing in India: What’s Happening?

In recent months, India has been experiencing a noticeable rise in earthquake activity. From the hills of the Northeast to the plains of Delhi-NCR, tremors have become more frequent—raising questions, concerns, and a sense of urgency among the public.

🔍 Why Are Earthquakes Happening More Often?

India lies on a major tectonic boundary, where the Indian Plate pushes against the Eurasian Plate. This constant pressure builds up underground, and when it’s suddenly released, an earthquake occurs. As urban development increases, activities like deep drilling, groundwater extraction, and construction can also influence underground stress, triggering small or moderate quakes.

📈 Recent Earthquake Highlights

Delhi-NCR: Multiple low to moderate tremors have shaken the region recently. While no major damage occurred, people were reminded of the city’s seismic risk.
Northeast India: States like Manipur, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh have experienced a string of earthquakes, with some registering above 4.0 magnitude.
Telangana & Haryana: Unexpected minor quakes in southern and northern states show how widespread the impact can be.

🗺️ High-Risk Zones in India

According to seismic zoning:

Zone V (Very High Risk): Includes areas like Jammu & Kashmir, Northeast states, and parts of North Bihar and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Zone IV (High Risk): Includes Delhi, parts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra.

Over 59% of India's land is at moderate to high risk of seismic activity.

🧱 Are We Prepared?

India has made some progress in earthquake monitoring and building regulations. But many challenges still exist:

Old buildings aren’t earthquake-resistant
Many cities don’t enforce seismic construction codes
Public awareness about safety is still low

🛡️ What Can We Do?

Here are some ways individuals and communities can stay safe:

Know the safe spots: During an earthquake, take cover under a strong table or against an inside wall.
Avoid elevators during tremors.
Practice drills in schools and offices.
Retrofit old homes and buildings if possible.
Follow government updates from agencies like the National Center for Seismology.

🧠 Final Thoughts

Earthquakes are natural events, but their impact depends on how well we are prepared. With India’s population and infrastructure growing fast, it’s time to take seismic safety seriously. Awareness, better planning, and stronger buildings can save lives.

📌 Stay informed. Stay safe.
📢 If you live in a high-risk area, talk to your community about earthquake safety today.

-Team Yuva Aaveg

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

How tyres of EV are dangerous…..

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Just imagine when you are promoting something for the welfare of people and the same thing became dangerous for your people…

This thing has been happened with the government of India when in 2024 it had launched the electrical vehicle policy to curb the pollution caused by the vehicles run by the fossil fuels .

But in may 2025 a research paper by IIT Bombay, Tata institute of fundamental research and University of Columbia (USA) published in the Royal Society of Chemistry shocked everyone . According to the research, the electric vehicles on account of their greater weight experience higher wear and tear in their tyres as compared to conventional vehicles and release substantially larger number of plastic particles in the atmosphere. This process happens due to rapid degradation and overweight of electric vehicles .

How the tyres are degraded? Due to proper running , specially on the damaged road , there is rapid degradation of tyres . But new research also tells that the degradation also happens due to overweight. Degradation of tyre results in release of small rubber particles that are air pollutants . The normal wear and tear of tyres produces particles of broadly two sizes ….

1. 1 to 10 micrometer

2. 100 micrometer

While the intermediate particles are released in very less amount.

The new research established the relationship between weight and speed of vehicle to size of plastic particles released from tyres as a result of wear and tear.

This research told that tyres of heavier and faster moving vehicles produce a higher proportion of smaller particles . Unlike the larger particles that settle down on ground due to gravity , smaller particles remain suspended in air adding to concentration of air pollutants. Particles of different sizes produced by different physical processes of degradation of tyres . Degradation is caused by sudden braking or encounter with potholes known as primary fragmentation results in release of mainly smaller particles of varying sizes .And gradual wear and tear , called as sequential fragmentation, releases mainly large particles which shows that improvement of road is much needed.

Generally the electrical vehicle are 15 to 20 percent more heavier than fossil fuels vehicles because the weight of their batteries is in the range of 300kg to 900kg .And the EVs are more able to accelerate more rapidly , leading to additional stress on tyres due to increase in friction and heat generation which lead to increase in degree of primary fragmentation, releasing larger amount of smaller plastic particles.

Road transport causes 10 percent of Global greenhouse emission which can be easily controlled by EVs .

The particles can cause various disease related to all the sensitive organs . Government must concentrate on this serious issue .

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