State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Floods
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20 dists inundated
Twenty districts in the north, northwest and central parts of the country have been inundated so far and fresh areas are likely to be submerged in the next 48 hours, flood forecasters said on Friday. Monsoon became active again over the north and north-east and south and south-east parts of Bangladesh and adjoining Indian states, they said adding that the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Meghna river systems continued rising.
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Embankments spelled doom, says expert; book release today
Building a barrage and an embankment to tame the turbulent Kosi was an unimaginative response to the flood problem by the Bihar Government, observes flood expert Dinesh Kumar Mishra. Mishra, who is in Delhi to release his book, Trapped between the Devil and Deep Waters, explains how technological
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Assam floods worsen, red alert sounded
BY MANOJ ANAND GUWAHATI The mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries continue to wreak havoc in Assam with thousands of people having been rendered homeless. The flood situation turned grim in central and lower Assam districts but showed signs of improvement in upper Assam where the Brahmaputra has begun to recede. The state authorities said that over 12 lakh people have been displaced in the state so far. This is the third time since June 1 that Assam has been ravaged by rising rivers. So far, 20 people have died due to the floods.
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Focus shifts to rehabilitation in Bihar
NEW DELHI With Bihar still grappling with the ravages of the Kosi floods, the rural development ministry has chipped in with a massive additional allocation of Rs 1,600 crores for the relief and rehabilitation work in the state.
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Brahmaputra Board readies projects
Facing brunt of the attack for falling to come up with a full-proof plan to control floods in Assam, Brahmaputra Board has claimed that it has completed Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for five projects in the North Eastern Region (NER), while eight others are in various stages of implementation. Under attack for delay in executing the long pending revamp of the Board, official sources said that the five projects under execution included Siang Single stage, Subansiri single stage in Arunachal Pradesh, Tipaimukh in Manipur and Mizoram, Pagladiya in Assam and Bairabi in Mizoram.
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State flood situation improves
Overall flood situation in the State has improved a little today with the improvement in the weather condition. However, the water levels of the rivers are receding at a very slow rate, said sources in the Water Resources Department (WRD). The National Highway 31, which is under the floodwaters of the Puthimari river since Sunday last, is yet to be opened for vehicular traffic beyond the Puthimari Natun Bazar point.
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Low-lying areas in citys eastern part flooded
Many low-lying areas in the eastern part of the capital went under floodwater yesterday and more areas are likely to be inundated in the next couple of days as rivers around the city started flowing over danger levels from Thursday. "Low-lying Areas in Dohar and Nawabganj are already under water. More areas are likely to be inundated if the Balu, the Shitalakhya, the Turag, the Dhaleswari and the Tongi canal keep swelling," said Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Assistant Engineer Arifuzzaman last evening.
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Bihar floods: The inevitable has happened
The overflowing Kosi had, as of end-August, wreaked destruction on more than three million people living in north and east Bihar. A field visit reports on the misery of the affected, haphazard rescue efforts and criminal exploitation of the uprooted. The immediate task is to improve relief operations and then provide support to the displaced who will not be able to find work until the 2009 kharif season. A blame game is now in operation, but since the early 1960s whichever the party in power, the people of Bihar have been affected by official apathy towards the embankments on the Kosi.
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Perennial misery
The breaching of embankments in the upstream areas of the Kosi river, in Kusaha village in Nepal, has resulted in yet another round of floods in north Bihar, in the districts of Supaul, Saharsa, Araria, Madhepura, Katihar and Purnia. The disaster this time is much larger than usual. More than three million people have been affected and a million have been forced to seek higher ground. (Editorial)
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India responsible for Koshi floods, says FM Yadav
Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav Friday said that India should take the whole responsibility of devastation caused by the Koshi River inundation and its aftermath. Talking to journalists at Biratnagar airport today, Minister Yadav, who went to Sunsari district to observe the flood-hit areas, said that disaster occurred due India