Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The 2015-16 El Niño was the strongest since the record event of 1997-98 Less than a year after the world said goodbye to one of the strongest El Niños on record, forecasters are predicting the weather pattern may make a comeback. Climate models indicate the central Pacific Ocean will probably …
The Indus Civilisation underwent a period of climate change about 4,000 years ago, say scientists who suggest that the ancient population in India used a variety of subsistence practices to cope with diverse environments. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK and Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh …
There is great uncertainty over the timing and magnitude of the termination of the African Humid Period (AHP). Spanning from the early to middle Holocene, the AHP was a period of enhanced moisture over most of northern and eastern Africa. However, beginning 8000 years ago the moisture balance shifted due …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had earlier demanded a Rs 5,064-crore relief package from the Centre to tide over the challenges posed by crop loss due to drought in most parts of the state and excess rains in three Hyderabad-Karnataka districts. Karnataka, which suffered a severe drought this year, was on Thursday …
Trend analysis of hydro-climatic variables provide useful information for effective planning, designing and management of water resources and agricultural production. Trends in observed stream flow at upstream and midstream gauging stations (GS), Wellawaya, Thanamalwila & rainfall and temperature in the Kirindi Oya river basin were assessed using the Mann-Kendall, Modified …
The rainfed areas receive mean annual precipitation in range of 500-1500 mm with high degree of variability and are beset with problems of mid-season drought and associated impacts on the crop productivity. In this paper, analysis of weekly, monthly, annual rainfall and weekly rainfall probabilities in relation to crop productivity …
The forecast for 655 districts and 6500 blocks had been prepared and implemented on 1P st P June, 2014. The procedure for getting forecast for the districts and blocks in India including altitude corrections is based upon regular (0.25 × 0.25) grid output from the T-574 Model and output from …
CHENNAI: Krishna water reached Poondi reservoir on Saturday night giving some hope to water managers with water levels dropping to less than one tmcft. “Poondi reservoir is now getting 300 cusecs of water from Kandaleru reservoir in Andhra Pradesh. The water flow would be increased to 500 cusecs. The water …
With only a month to go for the year to end, the rainfall that Chennai received remains grossly inadequate. However, the city’s water table has not witnessed much of a decline, so far, this year, according to Metrowater officials. From January, Chennai has recorded 81 cm of rainfall so far …
Several parts of the state are already facing severe drinking water scarcity which could worsen in the days to come. There is now an apprehension among weather experts that Karnataka is slipping into its worst-ever drought. A failed Northeast monsoon could result in aggravating the drought scene in the coming …
CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala on Monday decided to give a momentum to its ambitious Action Plan on Climate Change to prepare the coastal state to face the adverse impacts of the phenomenon. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the decision while inaugurating a workshop here on ‘Climate Variability in Kerala: …
Air pollution in north India doesn't only affect local residents. Emissions from the region's vehicles, farm fires and power plants may be lifted by the monsoon right up to the stratosphere, with possible implications for regional and global climate. NASA scientists have detected a layer of tiny aerosol particles in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Storage in Major Reservoirs, 17/11/2016. Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors live storage status of 91 reservoirs of the country on weekly basis and issues weekly bulletin on every Thursday. A comparison of region wise available live storage of the reservoirs monitored by CWC …
Coimbatore: People need to return to old literature when it comes to conservation of forests, said TNAU vice-chancellor (V-C) K Ramasamy while speaking at the inaugural function of a week-long training programme for Indian Forest Service officers. He said it is old literature which gives us information on our original …
As many as 342 farmer suicides have taken place from the first week of June till early October in Marathwada, leaving government authorities puzzled as the region received relatively good rainfall during the monsoon this year. From the start of the year till the first week of October, as many …
MUMBAI: There were over 13,000 cases of monsoon-related diseases in Mumbai, with around 20 deaths, most of them due to leptospirosis, the BMC informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. These include dengue, malaria, gastroenteritis, H1N1 and cholera, the corporation informed in a note submitted before a division bench of …
NASHIK: Heavy rain this monsoon had built hope of substantial rise in groundwater level in the district. A ground check, however, has revealed that there has been little improvement even in the areas that received abundant rain. Nashik taluka received the heaviest rainfall this season (158% of the normal), but …
The air quality in Delhi continues to have high pollution level even after monsoon, said Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to a CPCB study, though the air quality in places such as Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad city in Haryana has improved after the monsoon, it did not …
RANCHI: Monsoon has officially retreated from Jharkhand in the first week of October but vector-borne dengue continues its steady march in the state's malaria endemic districts. The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Ranchi, the state's biggest medical facility, has recorded 154 positive dengue cases this monsoon season till …
More than 17 crore trees have been planted in Bihar so far as part of efforts to achieve 15 per cent greenery by 2017, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. Bihar had launched the 'Hariyali Mission' in 2012 and fixed a target to plant 24 crore trees by 2017, Kumar said …
