Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ozone pollution across urban India, 21/03/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled “CSE report finds dangerous increase in ozone pollution across urban India” appearing in Down to Earth dated 06.08.2024. The Principal Bench of the NGT heard the matter on March 21, 2025. In the original application, registered suo …

Monsoon prospects

This year the southwest monsoon set in early over Kerala and got off to a dramatic, if unpropitious, start. Cyclone Aila swept in from the Bay of Bengal and wreaked havoc, including much loss of life, in West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh. Thereafter, the monsoon went into a slump and …

Rain hits western region

Mumbai/Ahmedabad, June 25: Amid fears of drought due to delayed monsoon, several parts of western India received sporadic rainfall on Thursday with Met office forecasting favourable conditions for advance of southwest monsoon into Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. However, rains played truant in Central India including Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Monsoon …

Poor monsoon?

As our columnist today argues, monsoon no longer has a vice grip on the economy but it retains enough clout for below normal rains-the government

Farm output wont be hit: Govt

New Delhi: A day after India Meteorological Department (IMD) projected

Drastic dip in rainfall in Kodagu district

Rainfall in Kodagu has gone down by 50 per cent, thereby adversely hitting agricultural activities. Over the last two days, however, rains have picked up and brought a silver lining. Last year by June 3, River Cauvery was full and most of the waterfalls, including Abbey falls were gushing. Unfortunately, …

No respite from heat wave yet

June 25: This is supposed to the monsoon season, but the severe heat wave conditions in many parts of the state make it seem as if summer has not bid goodbye yet. In all, 18 districts in the state have recorded deficit (nine districts) and scanty rainfall (nine districts). According …

Monsoon in AP soon, says Met

Mumbai/Ahmedabad, June 25: Amid fears of drought due to delayed monsoon, several parts of Western India received sporadic rainfall on Thursday with Met office forecasting favourable conditions for advance of southwest monsoon into Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. However, rains played truant in Central India including Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Monsoon …

Project Varsha may be brought out of cold storage

The Maharashtra government is considering implementing a cloud seeding programme to boost rainfall this season. Though the monsoon is showing signs of revival, the state agricultural department is gearing up for the worst. Project Varsha, as the programme is called, was first mooted in 2005 and had since been lying …

HFCs could pose great threat to efforts against global warming: study

A new scientific study has warned that if use of 'super greenhouse gases', known as hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs, is not controlled it could contribute to global warming. According sources here on Wednesday, these findings were made by an international team of researchers. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were originally developed to replace the …

Expect rain in city by Friday: IMD

AHMEDABAD: Torrential rains lashed Saurasthra and adjoining areas on the second consecutive day on Wednesday even as the Met department predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Saurashtra, Kutch and Diu by Thursday evening. However, rains continued to play hide and seek in Ahmedabad, showing up only in the form …

Below normal rainfall forecast

P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The Union government on Wednesday announced a downward revision in its estimates for the rainfall in the southwest monsoon season. The rainfall will be

Monsoon 'storms' into Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: A storm threat loomed over the south Gujarat and Saurashtra coasts on Tuesday heralding the onset of monsoon in the state. The Met department warned moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorm activity in northern and southern parts of the state, including Kutch, in 48 hours beginning Tuesday morning. India …

Water dips in dams; delay in rains akin to 1982

Pune If rains continue to stay away from the catchment areas, the water for Pune city will last around 20 days. The water storage in Panshet, Khadakwasla, Temghar and Warasgaon dams have dipped to a low of 0.9 TMC. Irrigation officials say such a delay in rains over dam sites …

Manmohan: monitor monsoon situation closely

New Delhi: With the delay in monsoon raising concerns over farm output, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked officials to monitor the situation closely on a daily basis. The seasonal rain, which ought to have covered most parts of the country by now, has stopped in its tracks near Mumbai. …

WMO monsoon projection: IMD cautious

IMD has been predicting a normal monsoon during the June-September season since March. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) seems to have taken a cautious stand over the World Meteorological Organisation

Monsoon fading: El Nino may hit UPA growth curve

UN Climate Alert Adds To Govt Worries The risk of a failed monsoon has risen manifold with the World Meteorological Organisation warning of a

Weather dept to get Doppler Radar for accurate forecasts

Ahmedabad : India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ahmedabad is set to procure a state-of-the-art Doppler Radar to track weather conditions more accurately in and around city. According to IMD officials, this sophisticated weather prediction system that can detect weather conditions within a radius of 500 km, will be in place by …

A storms brewing

There have been several air circulation disturbances in the recent past. Heat waves have scorched Orissa and West Bengal, while cyclonic storms took shape in the Bay of Bengal. Scientists pore over data to explain the unusual weather, writes Archita Bhatta Met department officials say a cyclonic storm called Bijli …

Are We Heading For A Drought?

The agriculture ministry is preparing a contingency plan to prevent food shortage---------- For the first time in 30 years, India stares at the probability of a drought, which threatens to worsen the already precarious food demand-supply balance and plunge the country into a deeper food security crisis. The agriculture ministry …

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