Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Time series analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) derived from NOAA-AVHRR data during the period 1996–1999 and the MODIS data during 2000–2009 over the Arabian Sea revealed a systematic biennial variability
India Meteorological Department has implemented district level medium range rainfall forecast system applying multimodel ensemble technique, making use of model outputs of state-of-the-art global models
Regional Climate Model of version 3 (RegCM3) was driven with Emissions Scenarios A2 of ECHAM4 at 0.54°×0.54° horizontal grid resolution in two parameterizations: Grell scheme with Arakawa–Schubert (GAS)
With a call to put an end to the exploitation of ground water in the ecologically sensitive Nilgiris district, World Water Day was observed under the aegis of the Public Awareness Association of Udhagamandalam here on Thursday. A signature campaign marked the occasion. Participants pointed out that the sinking of bore wells which was until a few years ago unheard of in Udhagamandalam and many other parts of the district is of late on the rise.
Apprehending severe water crisis in Bangalore in the near future, the Expert Committee constituted to assess long-term additional needs of water for the City, has urged the government to re-look at the controversial reservoir project at Mekedatu that was shelved earlier. The 10-member committee headed by B N Thyagaraja, retired BWSSB chairman, submitted its report to the government in December 2011, suggesting short-term and long-term measures to tide over the crisis.
New Delhi Economic growth is likely to pick up pace in the fiscal year that starts on April 1 and could grow 7.6 percent, a finance ministry report (Economic Survey 2011-12) said on Thursday. Economic growth faltered to a three-year low of 6.1 percent in the December quarter and the pace of economic expansion this fiscal year is forecast to dip below 7 percent for the first time in three years.
GUWAHATI : An amount of Rs 693.51 crore has been provided under the 2012-13 General Areas Annual Plan for the development of Guwahati. This was announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Finance portfolio, on Monday when he presented the State budget for the year 2012-13. In his budget speech the Chief Minister said, “My government is negotiating a loan of Rs 1,500 crore with Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) for introducing a Comprehensive Sewerage Project covering all households in major parts of Guwahati city under Phase-I.
States led by Kerala have expressed apprehension on the ambitious Interlinking of rivers (IRL). Bihar, Punjab, Karnataka and Sikkim point out that the entire issue of inter-basin water transfer needs to be studied in greater detail. Kerala has taken the stand that long distance inter-basin water transfer will not work. The state’s rivers depend on the monsoon and Kerala needs water for its own network of channels, especially during summers.
Indo-UK Study To Find If Climate Change Affecting Seasonal Rains How will climate change affect the Indian monsoon in the coming years and decades? Given the crucial importance of the annual rains for
The long-pending drainage basin project involving the Kaliaghai, Kapaleswari and Baghai rivers in the flood-prone East and West Midnapore districts in West Bengal has got the green signal. The Rs 650.38-crore